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Indigene

//ˈɪndɪdʒiːn// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Indigenous. obsolete
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    an indigenous person who was born in a particular place wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French indigène, from Latin indigena.

Etymology 2

From Middle French indigène, from Latin indigena.

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