Indigene
//ˈɪndɪdʒiːn// adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An indigenous person; a native.
"While Manuel sat skinning his birds of an afternoon, generally surrounded by a little crowd of Malays and Sassaks (as the indigenes of Lombock are termed), he often held forth to them with the air of a teacher, and was listened to with profound attention."
- 2 an indigenous person who was born in a particular place wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Indigenous. obsolete
Example
More examples"While Manuel sat skinning his birds of an afternoon, generally surrounded by a little crowd of Malays and Sassaks (as the indigenes of Lombock are termed), he often held forth to them with the air of a teacher, and was listened to with profound attention."
Etymology
From Middle French indigène, from Latin indigena.
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