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‖ Samsam Now chiefly Hist.|ˈsæmsæm|
[Malay.]
A person of mixed Malayo-Thai origin from the west coast of the Malay peninsula (see quot. 1961).
1836J. Low Diss. Soil & Agric. Penang viii. 293, I believe there are some converts also amongst the Samsams, or mixed descendants of Siamese and Malays. 1839T. J. Newbold Pol. & Statistical Acct. Straits of Malacca I. 420 The Samsams are a race of Malays who have adopted the religion and language of the Siamese. 1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 322/2 A mixed Malayo-Siamese people, commonly known as Samsams, form the bulk of the population in the lower parts of Ligor and Sengora, and in the north of Kedah. 1961L. D. Stamp Gloss. Geogr. Terms 403/1 Samsam.., a person of mixed Siamese–Malay origin, especially characteristic of the State of Kedah under Siamese suzerainty from 1821 to 1909. |