Definitions for native
Overview of noun native
The noun native has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal
(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")
2. native
(a person born in a particular place or country; "he is a native of Brazil")
3. native
(indigenous plants and animals)
Overview of adj native
The adj native has 4 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (5) native
(characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad")
2. (2) native
(belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native language")
3. (1) native, aboriginal
(characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia")
4. native
(as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper")
