Native-born

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who was born in the country of their citizenship.
  2. 2
    A person who was born as a citizen of a specified country.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Being a native and inhabitant of the same place; living where one was born. not-comparable

    "The native-born and the "naturalised" locomotives have been giving way to the standardised types, of which the L.M.S.R. class "5" 4-6-0 has led the way and has penetrated the furthest."

  2. 2
    Born in the country of citizenship. not-comparable

    "“There are a lot of jobs in the US that native-born people don’t want – and foreign-born people are happy to have,” said Stephanie Roth, chief economist at Wolfe Research."

Adjective
  1. 1
    belonging to a place by birth wordnet

Synonyms

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aboriginalautochthonousendemicindigenousnatalnative

Example

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"The native-born and the "naturalised" locomotives have been giving way to the standardised types, of which the L.M.S.R. class "5" 4-6-0 has led the way and has penetrated the furthest."

Etymology

From native + born.

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