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Aboriginal

Other forms: Aboriginals; Aboriginally

Definitions of Aboriginal
  1. noun
    a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
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    type of:
    ethnic group, ethnos
    people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture
    Aussie, Australian
    a native or inhabitant of Australia
  2. adjective
    of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of Australia
    “an Aboriginal rite”
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