Mauritian

adjective

Mau·ri·tian mȯ-ˈri-shən

: of, relating to, or characteristic of Mauritius or its people

Mauritian noun

plural Mauritians

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1799, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Mauritian was in 1799

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