\ kə-ˈmer 
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\ plural Khmer or Khmers
Definition of Khmer
1 : a member of an aboriginal people of Cambodia
2 : the Mon-Khmer language of the Khmer people that is the official language of Cambodia
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The first known use of Khmer was in 1881
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