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INDIGEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does indigen mean?
• INDIGEN (noun)
The noun INDIGEN has 1 sense:
1. an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
Familiarity information: INDIGEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("indigen" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indigen"):
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)
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