ABORIGINE Definition & Meaning

Aborigine

[ab-uh-rij-uh-nee]

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noun

Also called Australian Aborigine.��Often Offensive.��a member of any of the peoples who are the earliest known inhabitants of Australia, or one of their descendants. Also
Sometimes Offensive.��one of the original or earliest known inhabitants of a region, or one of their descendants.
the Aborigines of Canada and Greenland.
aborigines, the original, native fauna or flora of a region.

Aborigine

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noun

Also called: Aboriginal.��a member of the indigenous people who were living in Australia when European settlers arrived
any of the languages of this people See also Australian

aborigine

/ ˌæ��əˈ��ɪ��ɪ��ɪ /

noun

an original inhabitant of a country or region who has been there from the earliest known times

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Usage

Aborigine, the noun specifically meaning “an Indigenous inhabitant of Australia,” is an outdated and often offensive term: Don't say the Aborigines of Melbourne and Sydney. Instead, use the related adjective Aboriginal, which is preferred and acceptable, and say, the Aboriginal Australians of Melbourne and Sydney. Similarly, the noun use of Aboriginal with specific reference to Australia is also often offensive, as in Australian Aboriginals. Again, you can use the adjectival form: Aboriginal Australians.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Aborigine¹

First recorded in 1540–50; by back formation from aborigines, from Latin ��ǰ�ī��ŧ�� “the pre-Roman inhabitants of Italy,” probably alteration of an earlier ethnonym by association with ab origine

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Aborigine¹

C16: back formation from aborigines, from Latin: inhabitants of Latium in pre-Roman times, probably representing some tribal name but associated in folk etymology with ab origine from the beginning

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Example Sentences

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Wartilykirri is a hooked boomerang shaped like the number seven, used by Aborigines in southeastern Australia.

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The intersection of tourism and Australia’s Indigenous peoples, the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, hasn’t always been so promising.

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When the Australian Aborigines arrived on the continent of Australia, they started changing the ecosystem in very dramatic ways, and a lot of species went extinct.

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She, too, was an Aborigine who had been taken from her parents.

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“The Australian Aborigines are defending themselves with bow and arrow against the authorities who are forcibly trying to vaccinate them,” reads one false tweet that shared the video.

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