aborigines
Noun
- an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
- a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
- plural of aborigine
- The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman.
- Indigenous flora and fauna.
- The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred.
Origin / Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin aborīginēs.
Synonyms
Abo, aboriginal, Aboriginal, Aborigine, aborigine, Australian Aborigine, indigen, indigene, native, native Australian
Scrabble Score: 13
aborigines: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordaborigines: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
aborigines: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
aborigines is a valid Words With Friends word