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native
Pronunciation:*
Function:noun
Inflected Form:-s
Etymology:in sense 1, from Middle English natif, from Medieval Latin nativus, from Latin nativus, adjective, belonging by birth, native; in other senses from 1native

1 : one born in a state of bondage or serfdom : a born thrall *these lairds had also their natives and husbandmen for labor in feudal services— James Colville*
2 archaic a : one born under a particular sign or planet b : the subject of a nativity or other horoscope
3 a : one born in a particular place : one connected with a place (as by parental domicile or childhood residence) even though actually born or later resident elsewhere *the total numbers of natives and foreign-born persons— Population Census Methods* — often used with following of *a native of Hoboken, where he was born on March 26— Current Biography* b Australia : a white person born in the country as distinguished from one born abroad
4 obsolete : a fellow countryman : COMPATRIOT — used in plural *the king (distrusting his natives) employed T many French foreigners— Thomas Fuller*
5 a : one of a people inhabiting a territorial area at the time of its discovery or becoming familiar to a foreigner; especially : one belonging to a people having a less complex civilization *a protest against the attitude of the white population toward the natives— Irish Digest* b : one held to resemble such a person : an inhabitant of a region spoken of as if strange or newly discovered c usually capitalized , Africa : a Negro of unmixed descent; specifically : BANTU *Natives and Coloreds who live along this public road— Farmer's Weekly South Africa* — compare 2AFRICAN 1, AFRIKANER, 2ASIATIC 2, CAPE COLORED, 2EUROPEAN 2b
6 dialect Britain : one's native country or locality *when he came back to his native T he knew no one— Cornhill Magazine*
7 a : a local resident; especially : a person who has lived all his life in a place as distinguished from a visitor or a temporary resident *give visitors * and the mere T native * a new aspect of a city— Irish Digest* *natives and old-time summer residents— New York Times* *the split between natives and refugees— Dolf Sternberger* b : such a person inhabiting a small town or village
8 a : something (as an animal, vegetable, or mineral) indigenous to a particular locality : one produced in a given area and not normally produced or found elsewhere *improbable that corn could have been a native of the region— P.C.Mangelsdorf* *the Mexican bean bettle, a native of Central America— American Guide Series: New Jersey* b Britain : an oyster grown in local waters *eating natives until the man who opened them grew pale— Charles Dickens*
9 : a very old and large snapper — called also rock native