native
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1.9
- noun
- /ˈneɪtɪv/
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nativo
- Speak English like a native.
- a native of Louisiana
- a native of New Orleans
- an old native
Jonathan Lipnicki is a native Angelino and celebrated actor.
- Jonathan Lipnicki is a native Angelino and celebrated actor.
- Today's guest is a fellow Louisiana native comedian.
- Joining me is native Wilmington Oneon Aubrey Plaza.
- So we're we're actually French, Italian on that side of the family more than native Chilean.
Examples
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Ryman was a Tennessean, a Nashville native whose prosperous father ran a steamboat line on the Cumberland River.
Academic text (2013) -
Spoken like a native, brother.
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"We see how you suffer, the only native amongst a crowd of strangers."
Fiction book (1993) -
I thought the best answer would be from a native of Kyoto.
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Hi, my name's Kelly Kitley, and I'm a Chicago native with four children.
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Today's guest is a fellow Louisiana native comedian.
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A genuine native of mysterious Constantinople.
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William Frank Fowler, a Lafayette, Louisiana, native, said he is proud of his work at Fort Detrick.
Academic text (1999) -
Gus Partenza, a native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University, joined the NASA Space Programme shortly after completing his medical training at Duke University.
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At just four years old, the New York native starred in her first commercial.
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Compounds
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3.4
A person whose family lived in North or South America before Europeans arrived
- Australian
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5.1
A person whose family lived in Australia before Europeans arrived
A person from the original communities who lived in Alaska or whose family comes from them
- Australian
A small Australian animal that lives in trees, carries babies in a pouch, and eats eucalyptus leaves
- Australian
A small Australian animal that looks like a cat and carries its babies in a pouch
- Australian
A low spreading shrub with bright red flowers and small berries like cranberries
- New Zealand
A shrub or small tree from New Zealand with dark red flowers that grows up to 10 feet tall
- Archaic
A bright yellow mineral that occurs as pure crystals in rocks and near volcanoes
- Australian
A low evergreen shrub from southern Australia with triangular or heart-shaped leaves and orange-yellow flowers
How Native
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Etymology
Native originally meant a person who was 'born' in a place, from Latin natus 'born', so a native of a city or country is simply someone who was born there.