Batavian

comparative more Batavian · superlative most Batavian

1. obsoleteFrom Batavia; Jakartan.
2. Pertaining to a member of an Indonesian ethnic group consisting of the descendants of the people living around Batavia (Jakarta) from around the 17th century; Betawi.

   Si Dul, a Batavian boy, is playing at sedekah with his two friends...

   1991, C.D. Grijns, Jakarta Malay, volume 2, page 6

3. From the ancient Germanic tribe of the Batavi, living in the region of Batavia around Nijmegen.
   1. archaicpoeticOf or relating to the Netherlands; Dutch.

      The Batavian Republic was proclaimed 19 January 1795.

plural Batavians

1. obsoleteSomeone from Batavia; Jakartan.
2. A member of the Betawi, an Indonesian ethnic group consisting of the descendants of the people living around Batavia (Jakarta) from around the 17th century.

   By the end of the nineteenth century the diverse Indonesian ethnic group shown in the second column of Table I had lost their identity to a new sukubangsa, that of the Batavians…

   1967, Lance Castle, “The Ethnic Profile of Djakarta”, in Indonesia, page 156

3. Someone from the tribe of the Batavi.
   1. archaicbroadlyformalhistoricalpoeticA Dutch person; a Dutchman or Dutchwoman.