Definition of Native

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Native

Arising by birth; having an origin; born.

Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; -- opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color, etc.

Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries.

Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust.

Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, simplicity, rights, etc.

Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).

Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver.

Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride.

One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France.

Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds.

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Native Quotations

So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel!
Eddie Izzard

The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress.
Mark Twain

Here, we tell the story: why the people came here, what they did when they got here, going back to the Native Americans and coming all the way forward.
Robert Patterson

I really feel now like a native New Yorker. And I'm very happy here.
Joan Collins

Native Translations

native in Afrikaans is inheems
native in Dutch is ingeboren, aangeboren
native in French is natif
native in German is angeboren, einheimisch, einheimisch, Eingeborener
native in Italian is natio, unigenito
native in Latin is paterna, paternus
native in Portuguese is nativo
native in Spanish is nativo

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