Australian Aborigine

Australian Aborigine
noun
a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
Syn: ↑Aborigine, ↑Abo, ↑Aboriginal, ↑native Australian
Derivationally related forms: ↑Aboriginal (for: ↑Aboriginal), ↑Aboriginal (for: ↑Aborigine)
Hypernyms: ↑Australian, ↑Aussie, ↑ethnic group, ↑ethnos

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aborigine (def. 2).

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