Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of the indigenous or earliest known population of a region; a native.
- noun A member of any of the indigenous peoples of Australia.
- noun The flora and fauna native to a geographic area.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the aborigines (which see); an aboriginal. Also called aborigen, aborigin.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
- noun a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The term aborigine, of course, does not designate a single ethnicity.
orrologion 2010
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The term aborigine, of course, does not designate a single ethnicity.
orrologion orrologion 2010
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In Bardi it was always maank ambooriny (= 'black people') or "aborigine" (as noun or adjective) in Aboriginal English.
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My impression is that these terms koori, etc are not very widely known and used in the general population and "aborigine", "aboriginal" or "black people" are the most common.
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The word "aborigine" is a noun that refers to a person who is aboriginal.
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Greg Laden none@example.com 2010
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The word "aborigine" is a noun that refers to a person who is aboriginal.
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Greg Laden none@example.com 2010
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The word "aborigine" is a noun that refers to a person who is aboriginal.
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Greg Laden none@example.com 2010
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Sleeping Indian specializes in top-end wool hunting gear, and is named after a mountain in Wyoming rather than after a somnolent aborigine.
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Sleeping Indian specializes in top-end wool hunting gear, and is named after a mountain in Wyoming rather than after a somnolent aborigine.
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MD: We do aborigine style to catch bait fish for catfishing.
Mark R. Collins: Going Catfishing With The Kingston Springs at Austin City Limits Mark R. Collins 2011
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