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native
noun [C] /ˈneɪ.tɪv/
/-t̬ɪv/ Definition
› a person who was born in a particular place, or a plant or animal that lives or grows naturally in a place and has not been brought from somewhere else: a native of Monaco The red squirrel is a native of Britain.Innate and congenitalGeneticsRace and ethnicityRacial issues › offensive old-fashioned someone who lived in a country, especially in Africa, before Europeans went thereNames of groups of people who lived in the past
(Definition of native noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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