INDIGENE

native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal

(noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; “the art of the natives of the northwest coast”; “the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

indigene (comparative more indigene, superlative most indigene)

(obsolete) Indigenous.

Noun

indigene (plural indigenes)

An indigenous person; a native.

Source: Wiktionary


In"di*gene, n. Etym: [L. indigena: cf. F. indigène. See Indigenous.]

Definition: One born in a country; an aboriginal animal or plant; an autochthon. Evelyn. Tylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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