Dieri

noun

Die·​ri

ˈdirē

plural Dieri or Dieris

1

a

: an aboriginal people near Lake Eyre, Australia, having marriage customs in which a woman is pledged a husband at birth and in which the custom of pirraura exists

b

: a member of such people

2

: the language of the Dieri people

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