Aborigine Definition
ăbə-rĭjə-nē
aborigines
noun
aborigines
A member of the indigenous or earliest known population of a region; a native.
American Heritage
Any of the first or earliest known inhabitants of a certain region; native.
Webster's New World
A member of any of the indigenous peoples of Australia.
American Heritage
A member of the aboriginal peoples of Australia (in this sense, now considered offensive by some)
Webster's New World
The flora and fauna native to a geographic area.
American Heritage
pronoun
An individual aboriginal Australian.
Wiktionary
Origin of Aborigine
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Back-formation from pl. aborigines (taken as aborigine) (-s) from Latin aborīginēs original inhabitants (folk etymology of the name of a pre-Roman tribe of Italy) ab from ab–1 orīgine ablative of orīgō beginning origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Back-formation from aborigines.
From Wiktionary
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