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A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
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aboriginal
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Word definitions for aboriginal in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, "first, earliest," especially in reference to inhabitants of lands colonized by Europeans, from aborigines (see aborigine ) + -al (1); specific Australian sense is from 1820. The noun is attested from 1767. Related: Aboriginally .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aboriginal \Ab`o*rig"i*nal\, n. An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines. An animal or a plant native to the region. It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands. --Darwin.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As far as we could determine, there is only one aboriginal culture left that does any dyeing at all with soil. ▪ He felt that this would be a sensible preliminary to trying to negotiate with the aboriginal community. ▪ In ...
Usage examples of aboriginal.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author wishes to acknowledge the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies for their financial assistance with the preparation of this book.
There was a great deal of social stigma attached to being Aboriginal at our school.
At that time, the Aboriginal allowance exceeded the allowance most students got.
We had suddenly switched our allegiance from India to Aboriginal Australia and I guess, in their eyes, they could see no reason why we would do that except for the money.
I began to wonder what it was like for Aboriginal people with really dark skin and broad features, how did Australians react to them?
We have received information, from what appears to be a very reliable source, that you have obtained the Aboriginal scholarship under false pretences.
The department never expected any of their Aboriginal students to do well at tertiary studies.
Just where the bitumen ended and the grass began sat a small Aboriginal boy, I recognised him as belonging to a house around the corner from us!
I mean, our own government had terrible policies for Aboriginal people.
When we went on holidays, we called it going pink-eye, my Aboriginal father carried me on his shoulders when I was tired.
Bar area of Western Australia for the Aboriginal people of the Warburton Ranges area.
Suddenly, it was as if a window in heaven had been opened and I saw a group of Aboriginal women standing together.
You were asleep, or at least I thought you were, then suddenly, I saw you standing with a group of Aboriginal women.
I guess that was one of the few times when I was lucky to be black, because the older Aboriginal girls always gave us black babies an extra kiss and cuddle.
As I grew older, I realised it was Aboriginal music, like some black fellas were having a corroboree just for me.