aborigine

B1
US /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ə.ni/
noun Freq #58746

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian.

    Aborigines not to be counted in reckoning population.

  2. 2
    noun

    an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

  3. 3
    noun

    A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people.

  4. 4
    noun

    The native flora and fauna of an area.

Etymology

Back-formation from Aborigines.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · an aboriginal person from... aboriginalaboriginal australianaboriginal people
2 noun · an indigenous person who... aboriginal
Word family
Derived forms aboriginalnonaborigine

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