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ABORIGINAL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An indigenous person who was born in a particular placeplay

Example:

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

Synonyms:

aboriginal; aborigine; indigen; indigene; native

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

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

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

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)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or stateplay

Example:

primordial forms of life

Synonyms:

aboriginal; primaeval; primal; primeval; primordial

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

early (at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginningplay

Example:

the aboriginal peoples of Australia

Synonyms:

aboriginal; native

Classified under:

Adjectives

Derivation:

aboriginal; aborigine (an indigenous person who was born in a particular place)

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