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Aboriginal

Aboriginal Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Aboriginal? [n] a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived [adj] having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life" [adj] being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Aboriginal: Abo \| Aborigine \| Australian Aborigine \| early \| native \| native Australian \| primaeval \| primal \| primeval \| primordial Related Terms \| Find terms related to Aboriginal: abecedarian \| aborigine \| ancestral \| antenatal \| antepatriarchal \| atavistic \| autochthon \| autochthonous \| barbarian \| barbaric \| barbarous \| basal \| basic \| beginning \| budding \| central \| creative \| crucial \| elemental \| elementary \| embryonic \| endemic \| fetal \| formative \| foundational \| fundamental \| generative \| genetic \| germinal \| gestatory \| homebred \| homegrown \| humanoid \| in embryo \| in its infancy \| in ovo \| in the bud \| inaugural \| inceptive \| inchoate \| inchoative \| incipient \| incunabular \| indigene \| indigenous \| infant \| infantile \| initial \| initiative \| initiatory \| introductory \| inventive \| nascent \| natal \| native \| native-born \| original \| parturient \| patriarchal \| postnatal \| preadamite \| preglacial \| pregnant \| prehistoric \| prehuman \| prenatal \| primal \| primary \| prime \| primeval \| primitive \| primogenial \| primoprimitive \| primordial \| pristine \| procreative \| protogenic \| protohistoric \| protohuman \| radical \| rudimental \| rudimentary \| savage \| seminal \| ur \| vernacular See Also \| Aussie \| Australian Aboriginal In Webster's Dictionary \Ab`orig"inal\, a. [See {Aborigines}.] 1. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. ``Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf.'' --Wordsworth. 2. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood. \Ab`orig"inal\, n. 1. An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines. 2. An animal or a plant native to the region. It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands. --Darwin.

Aboriginal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aboriginal?

[n] a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
[adj] having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"
[adj] being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"

See Also | Aussie | Australian

Aboriginal In Webster's Dictionary

\Ab`o*rig"i*nal\, a. [See {Aborigines}.]
1. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the
   aboriginal tribes of America. ``Mantled o'er with
   aboriginal turf.'' --Wordsworth.

2. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal
   blood.


\Ab`o*rig"i*nal\, n.
1. An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.

2. An animal or a plant native to the region.

         It may well be doubted whether this frog is an
         aboriginal of these islands.          --Darwin.

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