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  • noun Plural form of Samoan.

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Examples

  • But the Samoans are a different kind of people to the savages of the Western

    John Frewen, South Sea Whaler 1904 Louis Becke 1884

  • The Samoans are a gentle race, gentler than any in Europe; we are often enough reminded of the circumstance, not always by their friends.

    A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

  • His answer was, he had made Samoa his home, the Samoans were his people, and he could not fail to resent any injustice shown them.

    The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls Jacqueline Overton 1872

  • The Samoans were a bruising opponent but were all but knocked out of quarterfinals contention, having needed at least a point.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • They used to call the Samoans rugby's head-hunters.

    Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk Guardian Classic 2008

  • They were Polynesian, the Polynesian of the Samoans which is its most ancient form, but in some indefinable way — archaic.

    The Moon Pool 2004

  • They were Polynesian, the Polynesian of the Samoans which is its most ancient form, but in some indefinable way -- archaic.

    The Moon Pool 1919

  • Polynesian, the Polynesian of the Samoans which is its most ancient form, but in some indefinable way -- archaic.

    The Moon Pool Abraham Merritt 1913

  • New Zealand: 95% to below 3% (mostly Samoans and Tongans)

    The First Cut | Her Bad Mother 2009

  • Most Samoans in Australia trace their ancestry to independent Samoa rather than the U.S. territory of American Samoa.

    House Fire Kills 11 in Australia David Fickling 2011

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