Native

== English == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === Native (not comparable) Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.) (US, Canada) Indian: Native American or First Nation; of or relating to (North) American Indians. (Australia, New Zealand) Aboriginal; of or relating to Australian Aboriginal peoples, Aborigines. 1904 November 3, in the New Zealand Parliamentary Debates, second session, fifteenth parliament, legislative council and house of representatives, volume 131, Native Land Rating Bill, page 814: He did not ask the Council to sanction the removal of all restrictions on Native lands, but simply asked that such lands as are to be rated under this Bill should have their titles freed in so far as to enable the Native owners to lease those lands and obtain some benefit therefrom. (South Africa) Related to black Africans, especially Bantu. === Noun === Native (plural Natives) An aboriginal inhabitant of a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.) (US, Canada) A Native American. (Australia, New Zealand) An Aborigine. (South Africa, dated, possibly offensive) A black African, especially a Bantu. ==== Usage notes ==== See the usage notes at native.