3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Native \Na"tive\, a. [F. natif, L. nativus fr nasci, p. p.
natus. See {Nation}, and cf {Na["i]ve}, {Nelf} a serf.]
1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. [Obs.]
Anaximander's opinion is that the gods are native,
rising and vanishing again in long periods of times.
--Cudworth.
2. 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
3. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Native \Na"tive\, n.
1. 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.
2. (Stock Breeding) Any of the live stock found in a region,
as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct
imported breeds. [U.S.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
native
adj 1: being such by origin; "the native North American sugar
maple"; "many native artists studied abroad" [ant: {foreign}]
2: existing at birth; "man's connatural sense of the good"
[syn: {connatural}, {inborn}, {inbred}]
3: belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native
language" [ant: {adopted}]
4: being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the
beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of
Australia" [syn: {aboriginal}] [ant: {nonnative}]
5: as found in nature in the elemental form "native copper"
n : a person who was born in a particular place
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