australian

noun

1. A person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent.

   “An Australian was once appointed on contract, but he swore too much.”

   “It is outrageous and indefensible that Sally Roycroft is deprived of a freedom that we legally confer on every French person. It is time she was given a fair suck of the sauce bottle, as the Australians say.”

2. A person from the continent of Australia.
3. A language of the country or continent of Australia; Australian (Australian English).

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of, from, or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or Australian languages.

   “The deaths of two Australian teenagers, a British woman, an American man and two Danish women – and reports of others taken ill – prompted warnings last week from several Western nations about the potentially fatal consequences of drinking tainted alcohol in Laos.”

2. (US, humorous, not-comparable)Upside down.

   “Australian scrolling”

name

1. The Australian, an Australian newspaper.