Crossword clues for aboriginal
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aboriginal \Ab`o*rig"i*nal\, a. [See Aborigines.]
First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. ``Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf.''
--Wordsworth.Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindu of aboriginal blood.
Aboriginal \Ab`o*rig"i*nal\, n.
An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.
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An animal or a plant native to the region.
It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands.
--Darwin.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive. (First attested in the mid 17th century.)(R:SOED5: page=6) 2 Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans. (First attested in the late 17th century.) 3 (alternative case form of Aboriginal English) (First attested in the late 18th century.) n. 1 An animal or plant native to a region. (First attested in the mid 18th century.) 2 (alternative case form of Aboriginal English) (First attested in the mid 18th century.)
WordNet
adj. being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia" [syn: native] [ant: nonnative]
having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life" [syn: primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial]
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.