абориге́н — meaning in English

English meaning

• Aboriginal adj Relating to the original, native inhabitants of a region, especially before colonization.
• aborigine noun An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian.
• aborigines noun The original or earliest known inhabitants of a region.
• native noun Someone who was born in a particular place.

Senses

абориге́н is used for these senses in English:

• Aboriginal (potentially offensive) An Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia or other land. [First attested in the 19th century.]
• Aborigine (dated, now, offensive) An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian.
• Aborigines The native peoples of various regions, especially the Australian Aboriginal peoples, but also the original inhabitants of Canada and Argentina. Often considered offensive.
• aborigine A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people. [First attested in the early 19th century.]
• native A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
• native (in particular) A person of aboriginal descent, as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. (aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas or Australia).

Aboriginal — full definition

1. adj Relating to the original, native inhabitants of a region, especially before colonization.
2. noun (often capitalized, Aboriginal) A member of the indigenous peoples of Australia.

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