noun
indigene
Indigene (noun) means a person who was born in, and belongs to, a particular place.
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A person who was born in, and belongs to, a particular place.
"The price for all this chutzpah was that Malraux then had to take up the cause of the colonial indigenes as if it really mattered to him."
— Christopher Hitchens, André Malraux: One Man's Fate (2005)
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Etymology
Comes from Middle French indigène, from Latin indigena.
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What is the meaning of indigene?
"indigene" (noun) means a person who was born in, and belongs to, a particular place.
What is another word for indigene?
Other words for "indigene" include aborigine, aboriginal, native, indigen.