Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
an ethnic minority of Polynesian and Melanesian descent who speak Maori and live in New Zealand;
2.
the Oceanic language spoken by the Maori in New Zealand;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Maori \Ma"o*ri\, prop. n.; pl. Maoris. (Ethnol.)
One of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand; also, the
original language of New Zealand. -- a. Of or pertaining to
the Maoris or to their language.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Maori
n 1: an ethnic minority of Polynesian and Melanesian descent who
speak Maori and live in New Zealand
2: the Oceanic language spoken by the Maori in New Zealand