aborigine

B1 Topic:People & Society
US /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ə.ni/
noun Freq #58746

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a member of the original people of a country, especially Australia, before others arrived

    The film told the story of an aborigine living in the outback.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a member of the original... aboriginalnative
Word family
Forms aborigines
Derived forms aboriginalnonaborigine

Etymology

Back-formation from Aborigines.

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