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native(1)(dictionary)
native(2)(dictionary)
native 2, noun(dictionary)
Native American(dictionary)
native element(encyclopedia)
Native Dancer(encyclopedia)
Native (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Native lovemap(health)
native protein(medicine)

native(2) (iou)



native noun. LME.
[Anglo-Latin nativus, -va use as noun of Latin nativus: see NATIVE adjective. Later also directly from the adjective.]
I.
A person born in bondage; a villein; a born slave. Long obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
II.
Astrology. A person born under the specified planet or sign; the subject of a nativity or horoscope. E16.
Tucson (Arizona) Citizen Sagittarius natives seem constantly to turn up in your life.
A person born in a place; a person connected with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not. Usu. foll. by of. M16.
S. Middleton She spoke the language like a native, was often mistaken for a Greek. C. Simmons He was a native of Germany.
b. A local resident of a place. Freq. derog. E19.
A. Brien The North Sea port we thought was called 'Har-wick' but natives pronounce 'Harridge'.
c. In Australia, a white person born in the country, as distinguished from an immigrant and from an Aboriginal. E19.
In pl. Fellow-countrymen, compatriots. L16-M17.
One of the original or usual inhabitants of a country, as distinguished from strangers or foreigners or esp. (now) European colonists or their descendants holding power in the country; N. Amer. a N. American Indian; Austral. an Aboriginal; S. Afr. (arch., now derog.) a black African. E17.
astonish the natives colloq. shock or otherwise profoundly impress public opinion.
M. Chappell There was nothing here when the pioneers came, Save bushveld and natives and wild animals.
An animal, plant, or (formerly) mineral found naturally in or peculiar to a country or locality, and not introduced; = ENDEMIC noun 2. L17.
III. ellipt.
One's native place or country. obsolete exc. dial. E17.
A native oyster (see NATIVE adjective 9b). E19.
A native cow, horse, etc. M19.