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Aborigine   /ˌæbərˈɪdʒəni/   Listen
Aborigine

noun
1.
An indigenous person who was born in a particular place.  Synonyms: aboriginal, indigen, indigene, native.  "The Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students"
2.
A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.  Synonyms: Abo, Aboriginal, Australian Aborigine, native Australian.





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"Aborigine" Quotes from Famous Books



... mustang, and the current of his wrath was temporarily diverted by a surly "How!" Even this measure of friendliness was regretted when the big revolver came out of the rancher's holster like a flash, and, head low on the neck of the mustang, heels in the little beast's ribs, the aborigine retreated with a yell, amid a shower of ill-aimed bullets. Long after the figure on the pony had passed out of range, Blair stood pulling at the trigger of the empty repeater and cursing louder than before ...
— Ben Blair - The Story of a Plainsman • Will Lillibridge
... a trembling prayer soft whispered, A father's song sung over thee— When from the parent stem dis-severed By some poor aborigine? ...
— Russian Lyrics • Translated by Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi


Words linked to "Aborigine" :   soul, mortal, Russian, individual, Mauritian, Levantine, somebody, Australian Aborigine, ethnic group, Australian, indigene, ethnos, someone, person, Aussie, Filipino, Seychellois, Abo


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