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/ˌæbərˈɪdʒəni/ Listen

Aborigine

noun

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

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

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"Aborigine" Quotes from Famous Books

... but I have always imagined that even that carven image of an old aborigine must, have smiled a little as ...

— Hillsboro People • Dorothy Canfield

... "The Man from the Bitter Boots," and a staff artist depicted him as a hairy aborigine that Winfield Harrah had had captured to turn loose on the Spanish gladiator. Which humor Bruce did not relish, for Sprudell's taunt that "muscle" was his only ...

— The Man from the Bitter Roots • Caroline Lockhart

... debated with himself. He was no coward. Perhaps this was the extent of their bluff, and if he gave in now he was a fool. And while he debated, Smoke suffered from secret worry lest this stubborn aborigine would persist in ...

— Smoke Bellew • Jack London

Words linked to "Aborigine" : Levantine, Seychellois, person, Mauritian, mortal, individual, Russian, someone, indigene, soul, ethnic group, Filipino, somebody, ethnos, Aussie, Australian