Aboriginal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Aboriginal	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Aboriginal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aboriginal adj of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of Australia; "an Aboriginal rite" characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia" Synonym(s): native, aboriginal Antonym(s): nonnative having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life" Synonym(s): aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial n a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived Synonym(s): Aborigine, Abo, Aboriginal, native Australian, Australian Aborigine an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students" Synonym(s): native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aboriginal \Ab`orig"inal\, a. [See {Aborigines}.] 1. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. [bd]Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf.[b8] --Wordsworth. 2. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aboriginal \Ab`orig"inal\, n. 1. An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines. 2. An animal or a plant native to the region. It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands. --Darwin.