ADJ.
new, old, spanish
My grandmother was a native Spanish speaker who taught us her language as children.
VERB + NATIVE
fled, moved, need, return, returned, see, visit, volunteer
She returned to her native country after twenty years of living abroad.
NATIVE + NOUN
americans, chicago, country, germany, highlands, italian, language, speaker
My grandmother is a native Italian speaker who taught me her favorite recipes.
PREP.
after, from, on
She moved back to her native country after living abroad for ten years.
ADV.
again, such
She had lived abroad for years but spoke English again with her native accent.
adj
Belonging to one by birth.
This is my native land.
English is not my native language.
Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
What are now called ‘Native Americans’ used to be called Indians.
Alternative letter-case form of Native (of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia).
Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
a native inhabitant
native oysters or strawberries
Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.
The naturalized Norway maple often outcompetes the native North American sugar maple.
noun
A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
A person of aboriginal descent, as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. Alternative letter-case form of Native (aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas or Australia).
Mail trains are limited to first and second class passengers, but on the mixed trains third class is also provided, and this is patronised exclusively by natives.
Dr John Reid, a historian called to testify for Mr Marshall, distinguished between the fur trade at the truckhouses and a smaller scale trade between natives and settlers: "It seems that there were native persons who were selling small amounts […]"
A native speaker.
A native plant or animal.
An oyster of species Ostrea edulis.
adj
Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.)
[…] when the Treaty of Tordesillas (in Portuguese, Tordesilhas) gave the disgruntled Portuguese the land mass now known as Brazil; and leads us all the way into the twenty—first century, with hosts of unsettled Native land claims […]
Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.)
Therefore, in 1885 Congress passed the Major Crimes Act whereby jurisdiction in the case of seven major crimes (the list of crimes was later expanded) occurring on Native lands was placed in the hands of federal courts.
Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.)
He did not ask the Council to sanction the removal of all restrictions on Native lands, but simply asked that such lands as are to be rated under this Bill should have their titles freed in so far as to enable the Native owners to lease those lands and obtain some benefit therefrom.
Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.)
noun — an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
adjective — characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region
To adopt the lifestyle or outlook of local inhabitants, especially when dwelling in a colonial region.
[…]for St. Xavier's looks down on boys who ‘go native all-together.’ One must never forget that one is a Sahib, and that some day, when examinations are passed, one will command na
The country or geographical region where one was born or which one considers to be one's true homeland.
[T]hey were peculiarly honored by the unexpected presence in their midst "of that famous son of the South, Colonel Starbottle," who had lately returned to his native soil from his
This is my native land.
WiktionaryEnglish is not my native language.
WiktionaryI need a volunteer native New Yorker for my next joke…
WiktionaryMail trains are limited to first and second class passengers, but on the mixed trains third class is also provided, and this is patronised exclusively by natives.
WiktionaryDr John Reid, a historian called to testify for Mr Marshall, distinguished between the fur trade at the truckhouses and a smaller scale trade between natives and settlers: "It seems that there were na
WiktionaryAs for the wars between natives and settlers, far from having “ceased,” they would continue well into the twentieth century, and over much the same things that had always sparked them—trade, land, and
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