Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aborigines"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aborigines \Ab`o*rig"i*nes\ (-r[i^]j"[i^]*n[=e]z), n. pl. [L.
Aborigines; ab + origo, especially the first inhabitants of
Latium, those who originally (ab origine) inhabited Latium or
Italy. See {Origin}.]
1. The earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races.
2. The original fauna and flora of a geographical area
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