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      native
      noun
      A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
      (in particular) A person of aboriginal descent, as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. Alternative letter-case form of Native (aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas or Australia).
      A native speaker.
      An oyster of species Ostrea edulis.
      (US, Canada) A Native American.
      (Australia, New Zealand) An Aborigine.
      An aboriginal inhabitant of a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.)
      (South Africa, dated, possibly offensive) A black African, especially a Bantu.
      adjective
      Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
      Belonging to one by birth.
      Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
      Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
      Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
      (biology, of a species) Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.
      (computing, of software) Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
      (mineralogy) Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form.
      Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
      (US, Canada) Indian: Native American or First Nation; of or relating to (North) American Indians.
      (Australia, New Zealand) Aboriginal; of or relating to Australian Aboriginal peoples, Aborigines.
      Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.)
      (South Africa) Related to black Africans, especially Bantu.
      Alternative letter-case form of Native (of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia). [Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.)]
      Roots
      nascornat- · Latin · be born
      Synonyms for native
      indigenenaboriginenaboriginaladjautochthonnautochthonousadjindigenousadjhomegrownadjconnaturaladjresidentninhabitantn
      Words related to native
      nonnativeadjenchorialindigenousnessnindigenouslyadvlocalsnnaturalizedadjhometownnunnaturalizedadjdialectnblackfellowlanguagesntribesnconnaturallyadvnonmigratoryadjhomelandsnbinghipaisanorootsn

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