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Alfur, -o|ˈælfʊə(r), ælˈfʊərəʊ| [ad. Pg. alfuori ‘the outsider,’ f. Arab. al the + fuori outside:—L. foribus out of door, fores doors. (R.N. Cust.)] A member of a race or group of races in Celebes and the surrounding islands, distinct from the Malay and Negrito, but perhaps intermediate between them. Hence Alfurese a.
1878Cust Mod. Langs. E. Ind. 147 The seven Alfurese languages of which we have vocabularies. 1879Syd. Soc. Lex. Alfurian Race: the Alfurs. 1881A. Keane in Nature XXIII. 251 The fusion of yellow, white, and black produces the so-called ‘Alfuros’ in the East. |