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murri

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Australian: /ˈmɐriː/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A medieval Arab condiment made from fermented barley.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An indigenous Australian, especially one from Queensland or northern New South Wales.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: New-South-Wales

Qualifier: Australian Aboriginal

Examples

  • 1998, Margaret Henderson, Subdivisions of Suburbia, Andrew McCann (editor), Writing the Everyday, Australian Literary Studies, Volume 18, No. 4, University of Queensland Press, page 78, She can confidently walk through the mall, and make the politico-spatial connections between what she sees (Murries sitting and begging, crowds of Chinese-Australians, police lurking), what she has experienced in Eagleby (dispossessed whites, Murries unaware of their heritage), and what she has learnt from Roger, Kerry, and the 'Anyday Story'.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Koori

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin muriabor. Classical Syriac ܡܘܼܪܝܵܐ (mūryā)bor. Arabic مُرِّيّ (murriyy)bor. English murri Borrowed from Arabic مُرِّيّ (murriyy), borrowed from Classical Syriac ܡܘܼܪܝܵܐ (mūryā, “brine”), borrowed from Latin muria (“brine, salty pickling solution”).

From Gamilaraay mari (“Aboriginal man”).