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native
noun
1 native
An indigenous person who was born in a particular place:
— The art of the natives of the northwest coast.
synonyms: aboriginal, aborigine, indigen, indigene.
Roget 188:
inhabitant;
resident,
residentiary†;
dweller,
indweller†;
addressee;
occupier,
occupant;
householder,
lodger,
inmate,
tenant,
incumbent,
sojourner,
locum tenens,
commorant†;
settler,
squatter,
backwoodsman,
colonist;
islander;
denizen,
citizen;
burgher,
oppidan†,
cockney,
cit,
townsman,
burgess;
villager;
cottager,
cottier†,
cotter;
compatriot;
backsettler†,
boarder;
hotel keeper,
innkeeper;
habitant;
paying guest;
planter.
native,
indigene,
aborigines,
autochthones†;
Englishman,
John Bull;
newcomer
etc.
(stranger)
57.
aboriginal,
American†,
Caledonian,
Cambrian,
Canadian,
Canuck [Slang],
downeaster [U.S.],
Scot,
Scotchman,
Hibernian,
Irishman,
Welshman,
Uncle Sam,
Yankee,
Brother Jonathan.
garrison,
crew;
population;
people
etc.
(mankind)
372;
colony,
settlement;
household;
mir†.
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Dutch: inwoner, aboriginal, autochtoon, ingeborene, native
Polish: aborygen, autochton, krajowiec, tubylec, tuziemiec
2 native
A person born in a particular place or country.
Polish: aborygen, autochton, krajowiec, tubylec, tuziemiec
3 native
Indigenous plants and animals.
adjective
1 native
Characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin.
Roget 703:
artless,
natural,
pure,
native,
confiding,
simple,
lain,
inartificial†,
untutored,
unsophisticated,
ingenu†,
unaffected,
naive;
sincere,
frank;
open,
open as day;
candid,
ingenuous,
guileless;
unsuspicious,
honest
etc.
939;
innocent
etc.
946;
Arcadian†;
undesigning,
straightforward,
unreserved,
aboveboard;
simple-minded,
single-minded;
frank-hearted,
open-hearted,
single-hearted,
simple-hearted.
free-spoken,
plain-spoken,
outspoken;
blunt,
downright,
direct,
matter of fact,
unpoetical†;
unflattering.
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Roget 188:
indigenous;
native,
natal;
autochthonal†,
autochthonous;
British;
English;
American†;
Canadian,
Irish,
Scotch,
Scottish,
Welsh;
domestic;
domiciliated†,
domiciled;
naturalized,
vernacular,
domesticated;
domiciliary.
in the occupation of;
garrisoned by,
occupied by.
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Polish: tubylczy
2 native
Belonging to one by birth.
Polish: macierzysty, rodzimy
3 native
Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning:
— Native Americans.
synonym: aboriginal.
Polish: rodzimy
4 native
As found in nature in the elemental form.
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