Definitions for aborigineˌæb əˈrɪdʒ ə ni
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ab•o•rig•i•neˌæb əˈrɪdʒ ə ni(n.)
one of the original or earliest known inhabitants of a country or region.
Category: Anthropology
(usu. cap.) a member of any of the peoples who are the aboriginal inhabitants of Australia.
Category: Peoples
aborigines, the original, native fauna or flora of a region.
Category: Biology
Origin of aborigine:
1540–50; back formation from aborigines < L Aborīginēs a race of pre-Roman inhabitants of Italy, prob. alter. of phrase ab origine from the origin
Princeton's WordNet
native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal(noun)
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"
Aborigine, Abo, Aboriginal, native Australian, Australian Aborigine(noun)
a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
Wiktionary
Aborigine(ProperNoun)
An individual aboriginal Australian.
aborigine(Noun)
An native inhabitant of a country.
aborigine(Noun)
The native flora and fauna of an area.
aborigine(Adverb)
From the beginning.
Origin: * First attested in 1858.
The Roycroft Dictionary
aborigine
1. A natural, unaffected person; one who has no conscience, who is honest, upright, and always at war. 2. A Deist, a Pantheist, who sees God in everything and feels His presence everywhere, even in his cannibalistic rites; hence, the first thinker in any country. 3. One who hates civilization and the _Ladies' Hum Journal_. 4. Any one who is mulcted, robbed, murdered, butchered, betrayed, in the name of progress.
Translations for aborigine
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
aborigine(noun)
an original inhabitant of a country, especially of Australia.
- inboorlingAfrikaans
- أحَد سُكَّان البِلاد الأصْلِيِينArabic
- аборигенBulgarian
- aborígenePortuguese (BR)
- domorodecCzech
- der/die (australische) Ureinwohner(in)German
- aboriginer; ur-australierDanish
- ιθαγενής της ΑυστραλίαςGreek
- aborigenSpanish
- aborigeenEstonian
- بومیFarsi
- alkuasukasFinnish
- aborigèneFrench
- תוֹשָב קַדמוֹן אוֹסטרָלִיHebrew
- प्राचीन वासी, मूल वासीHindi
- domorodacCroatian
- őslakosHungarian
- aborijin, penduduk asliIndonesian
- frumbyggiIcelandic
- aborigenoItalian
- 原住民Japanese
- 원주민Korean
- aborigenas, vietinis gyventojasLithuanian
- aborigēns; iezemietisLatvian
- orang asli/peribumiMalay
- oerbewonerDutch
- urinnvåner (særlig australneger)Norwegian
- aborygenPolish
- بومیPersian
- اصلى اوسيدونكىPashto
- aboríginePortuguese
- aborigenRomanian
- туземец; аборигенRussian
- domorodec, pôvodný obyvateľSlovak
- staroselecSlovenian
- AboridžinSerbian
- urinvånare, aboriginierSwedish
- ชนพื้นเมืองโดยเฉพาะในทวีปออสเตรเลียThai
- yerliTurkish
- (尤指澳洲的)原住民Chinese (Trad.)
- абориген, корінний жительUkrainian
- اصلی یا قدیم باشندےUrdu
- thổ dânVietnamese
- （尤指澳大利亚的）土著居民Chinese (Simp.)
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