Alfuro

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A form of Alfur — Any of the indigenous peoples of the Moluccas having Melanesian or Austronesian ancestry and not integrated into Malay‑speaking, Islamised, or Christianised, coastal polities.

OriginPortuguese alfouro, alforro ← Arabic الحرّ ← Dutch Alfoer →
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Meanings

nounAlfuro (plural Alfuros)

plural Alfuros

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Alfur.

    They are mostly Malays, with a sprinkling of Alfuros from Gilolo, and Papuans from Guebe or Waigiou.

    1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 70

Origin

  1. MalayAlfuru, Alfura
  2. DutchAlfoer
  3. Arabicالحرّ“the free”
  4. Portuguesealfouro, alforro“free; not enslaved”
  5. EnglishAlfuro

From Portuguese alfouro, alforro (“free; not enslaved”), from Arabic الحرّ (al‑ḥurr, “the free”). Compare Dutch Alfoer, Malay Alfuru, Alfura.

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Alfuro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alfuro

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“Alfuro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alfuro. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Alfuro,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alfuro.

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