English Explanatory Dictionary

aborigines

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

aborigines the Aborigines

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aborīginēs.

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