ABORIGINE

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• ABORIGINE (noun)
  The noun ABORIGINE has 2 senses:

1. an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

2. a member of the people living in Australia when Europeans arrived

  Familiarity information: ABORIGINE used as a noun is rare.

• ABORIGINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An indigenous person who was born in a particular place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

aboriginal; aborigine; indigen; indigene; native

Context example:

the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students

Hypernyms ("aborigine" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aborigine"):

Levantine ((formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant)

Mauritian (a native or inhabitant of Mauritius)

Filipino (a native or inhabitant of the Philippines)

Russian (a native or inhabitant of Russia)

Seychellois (a native or inhabitant of Seychelles)

Derivation:

aboriginal (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of the people living in Australia when Europeans arrived

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Aborigine; Australian Aborigine; native Australian

Hypernyms ("Aborigine" is a kind of...):

ethnic group; ethnos (people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture)

Aussie; Australian (a native or inhabitant of Australia)

 Context examples 

Aborigine in Australia; as well as to identify the majority population, e.g. in the UK it is an alternative to the White.

(Indigenous, NCI Thesaurus)