Native Definition

nātĭv
natives
adjective
Inborn or innate rather than acquired.
Webster's New World
Being such by birth or origin.
A native Scot.
American Heritage
Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place.
American Heritage
Related to one as, or in connection with, the place of one's birth or origin.
One's native land, one's native language.
Webster's New World
Belonging to a locality or country by birth, production, or growth; indigenous.
A native Bostonian, plants native to Florida.
Webster's New World
noun
natives
A person born in the place or country indicated.
Webster's New World
An original or indigenous inhabitant of a region, as distinguished from an invader, explorer, colonist, etc.
Webster's New World
An indigenous plant or animal.
Webster's New World
A permanent resident, as distinguished from a temporary resident or visitor.
Webster's New World
A person who is native to a place (literal or metaphoric).
She is a regular Wiki* native.
Wiktionary
idiom
go native
  • to adopt the mode of life, often one less complicated, of the native inhabitants
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Native

Noun

Singular:
native
Plural:
natives

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Native

Origin of Native

  • Middle English from Old French natif from Latin nātīvus from nātus past participle of nāscī to be born genə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French natif, from Latin nativus, from natus, "˜birth'.

    From Wiktionary

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