aboriginal meaning and definition

ABORIGINAL noun

Definition of Aboriginal (noun)

1. a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
   • synonyms: Abo, Aborigine, Australian Aborigine, native Australian
2. an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
   • "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students"
   • synonyms: aborigine, indigen, indigene, native

ABORIGINAL adjective

Definition of Aboriginal (adjective)

1. of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of Australia
   • "an Aboriginal rite"
2. characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
   • "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"
   • synonyms: native
   • antonym: nonnative
3. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
   • "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"
   • synonyms: primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial