Aborigines Meaning
/ˌæbəˈrɪdʒəniz/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounplural of aborigine
nounThe original people of a location; originally used of ancient Greek and Roman peoples.
Sentence Examples
There was a linguistic mediation between aborigines and immigrants.
The British brought with them chickenpox, which nearly wiped out the Aborigines.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The native land rights of the ____ were recognized after years of struggle.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ have lived on this land for tens of thousands of years.
Word Origin & History
Learned borrowing from Latin aborīginēs.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"There seems little doubt that the aborigines of Banda were Papuans, and a portion of them still exists in the Ke islands, where they emigrated when the Portuguese first took possession of their native island. It is such people as these that are often looked upon as transitional forms between two very distinct races, like the Malays and Papuans, whereas they are only examples of intermixture."
— 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 456:
"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."
— 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, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2021:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The native land rights of the ____ were recognized after years of struggle.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ have lived on this land for tens of thousands of years.