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- 1 Belonging to one by birth.
"This is my native land."
- 2 Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.) not-comparable
"[…] when the Treaty of Tordesillas (in Portuguese, Tordesilhas) gave the disgruntled Portuguese the land mass now known as Brazil; and leads us all the way into the twenty—first century, with hosts of unsettled Native land claims […]"
- 3 Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
"What are now called ‘Native Americans’ used to be called Indians."
- 4 Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.); Indian: Native American or First Nation; of or relating to (North) American Indians. Canada, US, not-comparable
"Therefore, in 1885 Congress passed the Major Crimes Act whereby jurisdiction in the case of seven major crimes (the list of crimes was later expanded) occurring on Native lands was placed in the hands of federal courts."
- 5 Alternative letter-case form of Native (of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia). alt-of
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- 6 Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.); Aboriginal; of or relating to Australian Aboriginal peoples, Aborigines. Australia, New-Zealand, not-comparable
"He did not ask the Council to sanction the removal of all restrictions on Native lands, but simply asked that such lands as are to be rated under this Bill should have their titles freed in so far as to enable the Native owners to lease those lands and obtain some benefit therefrom."
- 7 Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
"a native inhabitant"
- 8 Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.); Related to black Africans, especially Bantu. South-Africa, not-comparable
- 9 Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.
"The naturalized Norway maple often outcompetes the native North American sugar maple."
- 10 Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
"This is a native back-end to gather the latest news feeds."
- 11 Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form.
"native aluminium"
- 12 Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
"Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times."
- 13 Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
"native dust"
- 14 Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
"The head is not more native to the heart, […] Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father."
- 1 belonging to one by birth wordnet
- 2 characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin wordnet
- 3 characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning wordnet
- 4 as found in nature in the elemental form wordnet
- 1 A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
- 2 An aboriginal inhabitant of a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.)
"[…] cachet, Amazon Natives have succeeded in attracting an impressive degree of international support. The catastrophic attrition of Natives in Brazil raises the fundamental question of why the Portuguese took Africans there at all. […]"
- 3 indigenous plants and animals wordnet
- 4 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).
"Mail trains are limited to first and second class passengers, but on the mixed trains third class is also provided, and this is patronised exclusively by natives."
- 5 An aboriginal inhabitant of a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.); A Native American. Canada, US
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- 6 an indigenous person who was born in a particular place wordnet
- 7 A native speaker.
- 8 An aboriginal inhabitant of a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.); An Aborigine. Australia, New-Zealand
- 9 a person born in a particular place or country wordnet
- 10 An oyster of species Ostrea edulis.
- 11 An aboriginal inhabitant of a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.); A black African, especially a Bantu. South-Africa, dated, offensive, possibly
"Thunderstorms have been more frequent, and I regret to say during one last week a Native kraal was struck by lightning, the electric fluid killing three head of cattle; several Natives in a hut received a shock, but happily no further injury."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English natif, from Old French natif, from Latin nātīvus, from nātus (“birth”). Doublet of naive and neif.
Inherited from Middle English natif, from Old French natif, from Latin nātīvus, from nātus (“birth”). Doublet of naive and neif.
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