Definition of ABORIGINES

aborigines

Meanings

Noun

  • an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
  • a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
  • plural of aborigine
  • The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman.
  • Indigenous flora and fauna.
  • The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred.

Origin / Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aborīginēs.

Synonyms

Abo, Aboriginal, aboriginal, aborigine, Aborigine, Australian Aborigine, indigen, indigene, native, native Australian

Scrabble Score: 13

aborigines is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
aborigines is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
aborigines is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

aborigines is a valid Words With Friends word