aborigine (noun)

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• aborigine — ► NOUN 1) an aboriginal person, animal, or plant. 2) (Aborigine) an Australian aboriginal. ORIGIN from Latin ab origine from the beginning …   English terms dictionary

• Aborigine — [ˌæbəˈrɪdʒəni] or Aboriginal [ˌæbəˈrɪdʒən(ə)l] noun [C] an Australian who belongs to the race of people who were living in Australia before Europeans arrived …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• aborigine — noun Etymology: Latin aborigines, plural, from ab origine from the beginning Date: 1533 1. an aboriginal inhabitant especially as contrasted with an invading or colonizing people 2. often capitalized a member of any of the indigenous peoples of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Aborigine — noun An individual aboriginal Australian …   Wiktionary

• aborigine — noun /æbəˈɹɪdʒɪni/ An aboriginal inhabitant of a country …   Wiktionary

• aborigine — noun (C) a member of the group of people who have lived in Australia from the earliest times …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Aborigine — /æbəˈrɪdʒəni/ (say abuh rijuhnee) noun 1. a member of a tribal people, the earliest known inhabitants of Australia. 2. a descendant of this people, sometimes of mixed descent. {from aborigine} Usage: The nouns Aborigine(s) and Aboriginal(s) are… …  

• Aborigine — UK [ˌæbəˈrɪdʒənɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms Aborigine : singular Aborigine plural Aborigines an Australian Aboriginal …   English dictionary

• aborigine — [abə rɪdʒɪni:] noun an aboriginal person, animal, or plant. ↘(Aborigine) an Australian Aboriginal. Origin C19: back form. from C16 aborigines original inhabitants , from L. ab origine from the beginning …   English new terms dictionary

• Aborigine — Ab|o|rig|i|ne [ ,æbə rıdʒəni ] noun count an Australian Aboriginal person …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• aborigine — /æbəˈrɪdʒəni / (say abuh rijuhnee) noun 1. one of the first inhabitants of a country; one of the people living in a country at the earliest known period. 2. (plural) Rare the original fauna or flora of a region. {19th century; backformation from… …