English Explanatory Dictionary

native-born

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Being a native and inhabitant of the same place; living where one was born.
  2. Born in the country of citizenship.
noun
  1. A person who was born in the country of their citizenship.
  2. A person who was born as a citizen of a specified country.

Word forms

native-born native-borns

Etymology

From native + born.

Antonyms

foreign-born naturalized

Related words

natural-born

Translations

Bulgarian: местен Bulgarian: туземен Danish: indfødt Faroese: innføddur Finnish: syntyperäinen Icelandic: innfæddur Norwegian Bokmål: innfødt Norwegian Nynorsk: innfødd Swedish: infödd
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