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Aboriginal

adjective

1.

Of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of Australia.

2.

Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning. Synonym: native. "The aboriginal peoples of Australia" Antonym: nonnative.

3.

Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state. Synonyms: primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial. "Primal eras before the appearance of life on earth" , "The forest primeval" , "Primordial matter" , "Primordial forms of life"

noun

1.

A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived. Synonyms: Abo, Aborigine, Australian Aborigine, native Australian.

2.

An indigenous person who was born in a particular place. Synonyms: aborigine, indigen, indigene, native. "The Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students"

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"Aboriginal" Quotes from Famous Books

... the Old Dominion were much superior to those in England and then went on to tell him about the time I got on Moleskin's back against orders and how he ran away with me when he heard the baying of Squire Dupont's hounds. The little lord declared with a smirk that I must have looked like an aboriginal Indian princess. I asked him why not rather like an original one, and he stared and fingered his little sword; a sword on such as he makes me wonder how black Tom would look in the beadle's wig. But here am I ...

— Rodney, the Ranger - With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield • John V. Lane

... sees them, and stops them in the morning, they are gone long before night; and if he sees them at night they will be gone many miles before morning. This strong attachment to the place of their nativity is much more predominant in our old aboriginal breed than in any of the other kinds ...

— Stories about the Instinct of Animals, Their Characters, and Habits • Thomas Bingley

... elected on the basis of the proportion of nationwide votes received by participating political parties, eight elected from overseas Chinese constituencies on the basis of the proportion of nationwide votes received by participating political parties, eight elected by popular vote among the aboriginal populations; members serve three-year terms) and unicameral National Assembly (334 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: Legislative Yuan—last held 5 December 1998 ...

— The 1999 CIA Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... and tribal brethren, Cayuse was a singular mixture of the savage, plus civilized outlooks and ethical standards that made him a dangerous man—not only a law unto himself, as many Indians are, but also a strange interpreter of the law, both civilized and aboriginal. ...

— The Furnace of Gold • Philip Verrill Mighels

... is so celebrated in English history as the epoch which marks the real and true beginning of British greatness and power. It is true that the history of England goes back beyond this period to narrate, as we have done, the events connected with the contests of the Romans and the aboriginal Britons, and the incursions and maraudings of the Picts and Scots; but all these aborigines passed gradually—after the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons—off the stage. The old stock was wholly displaced. The present monarchy has sprung entirely from its ...

— King Alfred of England - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott

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