aborigine

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymsnativeindigenindigeneaboriginal

   Broaderperson

   NarrowerLevantineMauritianFilipinoRussianSeychellois
2. 2.

   a member of the people living in Australia when Europeans arrived

   Synonymsnative AustralianAustralian Aborigine

   BroaderAustralianethnic group

Other forms of aborigine

plural

aborigines·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aborigine

What does aborigine mean?

aborigine means "an indigenous person who was born in a particular place". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aborigine?

aborigine has 5 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˌæbɚˈɪdʒəni/.

What is another word for aborigine?

Close synonyms include native, indigen, indigene, aboriginal, native Australian. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aborigine a common word?

aborigine is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.