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Aborigines
[ ab-uh-rij-uh-neez ]
aborigines
- The earliest known inhabitants of a region. The term is most often associated with the native hunting and gathering population of Australia , who preceded the arrival of white settlers. ( See hunting and gathering societies .)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Aborigines1
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Example Sentences
What we have said of the North American aborigines applies with equal, if not with greater, force to those of the South.
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The aborigines were never formidable in battle until they became supplied with the weapons of European invention.
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Thus ended the troubles with aborigines of martial mind in William Bradford's time.
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For several years reference to the aborigines is of rare occurrence.
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It was the work of a moment, but traces of aborigines were unseen.
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