Aborigines

See also: aborigines and aborígines

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aborīginēs, which see for more.

Proper noun

the Aborigines pl (plural only)

  1. Original inhabitants, natives.
  2. (Roman mythology) The earliest inhabitants of central Italy, from whom the Latins were said to have descended.
  3. The native peoples of various regions, especially the Australian Aboriginal peoples, but also the original inhabitants of Canada and Argentina. Often considered offensive.
    • 2021 November 7, Claire [G.] Coleman, “Not quite blak enough: ‘The people who think I am too white to be Aboriginal are all white’”, in The Guardian‎[1], archived from the original on 3 December 2021:
      AO Neville, the Protector of Aborigines in Western Australia until the 1930s, railed against the risk of the creation of a ‘third race’ of half-castes.

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Noun

Aborigines

  1. plural of Aborigine

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