aborigine
B1
noun
Freq #58746
Meanings
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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.
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noun
an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
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3
noun
A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people.
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4
noun
The native flora and fauna of an area.
Etymology
Back-formation from Aborigines.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
2
noun
· an indigenous person who...
aboriginal
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