aboriginal

Meanings

Plural: aboriginals

Noun

• a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
• an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
  • "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students"
• An animal or plant native to a region.
• Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal

Adjective

• of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of Australia
  • "an Aboriginal rite"
• characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
  • "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"

Adjective Satellite

• having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
  • "aboriginal forests"

Adj

• First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.
• Living in a land before colonization by foreigners.
• Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal

Synonyms

Abo, Aborigine, aborigine, ancient, Australian Aborigine, autochthonous, earliest, endemic, first, indigen, indigene, indigenous, native, native Australian, original, primaeval, primal, primeval, primitive, primordial

Antonyms

nonnative

Related Words

aborigine

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