plural Khmer or Khmers
1
: a member of an aboriginal people of Cambodia
2
: the Mon-Khmer language of the Khmer people that is the official language of Cambodia
Khmer
adjective
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That concept of freedom might be better exemplified by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, another Third World death cult that promised liberation and promoted slaughter — and that came with its own prominent apologists on American college campuses.
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Bret Stephens, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
This type of setting could have helped even the most intransigent of scholars realize that reports of Khmer Rouge atrocities likely had validity.
—Ray Cavanaugh, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Radio Free Asia broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, English, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Mandarin, Tibetan, Uyghur and Vietnamese.
—Li Yuan, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
In the bustling market in Tan Chau, a fusion of Chinese, Kinh, and Khmer communities added flavor to the colorful streets—but my preference remained for the rural neighborhoods, where tended gardens grew beside dense tropical foliage within canals that prevent the farmland from flooding.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Khmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Khmer. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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Khmer
noun
: a member of an aboriginal people of Cambodia
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