Meaning of Aborigines | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman.
   plural, plural-only
2. Original inhabitants, natives.
   plural, plural-only
3. Indigenous flora and fauna.
   plural, plural-only
4. The earliest inhabitants of central Italy, from whom the Latins were said to have descended.
   Roman, plural, plural-only
5. The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred.
   plural, plural-only
6. The native peoples of various regions, especially the Australian Aboriginal peoples, but also the original inhabitants of Canada and Argentina. Often considered offensive.
   plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“AO Neville, the Protector of Aborigines in Western Australia until the 1930s, railed against the risk of the creation of a ‘third race’ of half-castes.”

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