Autochthonnoun
The earliest inhabitant of an area; an aborigine.
Nativeadjective
Belonging to one by birth.
‘This is my native land.’; ‘English is not my native language.’; ‘I need a volunteer native New Yorker for my next joke…’;
Autochthonnoun
(geology) A large mass of rock in the place of its original formation, rooted to its basement (foundation rock) as opposed to an allochthon or nappe which has shifted from the place of formation; an autochthonous rock formation.
Nativeadjective
Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
‘What are now called ‘Native Americans’ used to be called Indians.’; ‘The native peoples of Australia are called aborigines.’;
Autochthonnoun
One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; - commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.
Nativeadjective
of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia.
Autochthonnoun
That which is original to a particular country, or which had there its origin.
Nativeadjective
Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
‘a native inhabitant’; ‘native oysters or strawberries’; ‘Many native artists studied abroad.’;
Nativeadjective
Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by man.
‘The naturalized Norway maple often outcompetes the native North American sugar maple.’;
Nativeadjective
Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
‘This is a native back-end to gather the latest news feeds.’; ‘The native integer size is sixteen bits.’;
Nativeadjective
(mineralogy) Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form; native aluminium, native salt.
Nativeadjective
Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
Nativeadjective
Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
‘native dust’;
Nativeadjective
Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
Nativenoun
A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
Nativenoun
(in particular) A person of aboriginal stock, as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. nodot=1 aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas or Australia.
‘Some natives must have stolen our cattle.’;
Nativenoun
A native speaker.
Nativenoun
Ostrea edulis, a kind of oyster.
Nativeadjective
Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
‘Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times.’;
Nativeadjective
Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; - opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color, etc.
Nativeadjective
Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries. In the latter sense, synonymous with domestic.
Nativeadjective
Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust.
Nativeadjective
Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, wit, simplicity, rights, intelligence, etc. Having the same meaning as congenital, but typically used for positive qualities, whereas congenital may be used for negative qualities. See also congenital
‘Courage is native to you.’;
Nativeadjective
Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
‘the head is not more native to the heart, . . . Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father.’;
Nativeadjective
Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver, copper, gold.
Nativenoun
One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France; the natives are restless.
Nativenoun
Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds.
Nativenoun
a person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous person
Nativeadjective
being such by origin;
‘the native North American sugar maple’; ‘many native artists studied abroad’;
Nativeadjective
belonging to one by birth;
‘my native land’; ‘one's native language’;
Nativeadjective
being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning;
‘native Americans’; ‘the aboriginal peoples of Australia’;
Nativeadjective
as found in nature in the elemental form;
‘native copper’;
Nativeadjective
normally existing at birth;
‘mankind's connatural sense of the good’;