aborigine (n.)

  1. an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; the art of the natives of the northwest coast; the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students

    [ Syn: native , indigen , indigene , aboriginal ]

  2. a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived

    [ Syn: aborigine , aborigine , abo , abo , aboriginal , aboriginal , native australian , native australian , australian aborigine , australian aborigine ]

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