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

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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

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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

Singular:

native

Plural:

natives

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