aborigine

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Ab=o=rig=i=ne

OXFORD DICTIONARY

aborigine, n. (usu. in pl.)
1 an aboriginal inhabitant.
2 (usu. Aborigine) an aboriginal inhabitant of Australia.

Usage

Aboriginal is preferred, esp. in the singular.
3 an aboriginal plant or animal.

Etymology

back-form. f. pl. aborigines f. L, prob. f. phr. ab origine from the beginning

THESAURUS

aborigine

Bronze Age man, Hominidae, Iron Age man, Stone Age man, aboriginal, ancient, antediluvian, anthropoid, ape-man, autochthon, bushman, cave dweller, caveman, earliest inhabitant, first comer, fossil man, hominid, humanoid, indigene, local, local yokel, man of old, missing link, native, preadamite, prehistoric man, prehuman, primate, primitive, primitive settler, protohuman, troglodyte