“aboriginal”

Definitions

• adjective

  characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning

  Synonyms: native, abecedarian, aborigine, ancestral, antenatal, antepatriarchal, atavistic, autochthon, autochthonous, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous

  • Example:“native Americans”
  • Example:“the aboriginal peoples of Australia”

• adjective

  having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state

  Synonyms: primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial

  • Example:“aboriginal forests”
  • Example:“primal eras before the appearance of life on earth”

• noun

  an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

  Synonyms: native, indigen, indigene, aborigine

  • Example:“the art of the natives of the northwest coast”
  • Example:“The Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students.”