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Native   /nˈeɪtɪv/   Listen
adjective
Native  adj.  
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."
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. In the latter sense, synonymous with domestic.
4.
Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust.
5.
Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, wit, simplicity, rights, intelligence, etc. Having the same meaning as congenital, but typically used for positive qualities, whereas congenital may be used for negative qualities. See also congenital "Courage is native to you."
6.
Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). (R.) "the head is not more native to the heart,... Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father."
7.
(Min.)
(a)
Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver, copper, gold.
(b)
Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride.
Native American party. See under American, a.
Native bear (Zool.), the koala.
Native bread (Bot.), a large underground fungus, of Australia (Mylitta australis), somewhat resembling a truffle, but much larger.
Native devil. (Zool.) Same as Tasmanian devil, under Devil.
Native hen (Zool.), an Australian rail (Tribonyx Mortierii).
Native pheasant. (Zool.) See Leipoa.
Native rabbit (Zool.), an Australian marsupial (Perameles lagotis) resembling a rabbit in size and form.
Native sloth (Zool.), the koala.
Native thrush (Zool.), an Australian singing bird (Pachycephala olivacea); called also thickhead.
Native turkey (Zool.), the Australian bustard (Choriotis australis); called also bebilya.
Synonyms: Natural; natal; original; congenital. Native, Natural, Natal. natural refers to the nature of a thing, or that which springs therefrom; native, to one's birth or origin; as, a native country, language, etc.; natal, to the circumstances of one's birth; as, a natal day, or star. Native talent is that which is inborn; natural talent is that which springs from the structure of the mind. Native eloquence is the result of strong innate emotion; natural eloquence is opposed to that which is studied or artificial.


noun
Native  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; the natives are restless.
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.)





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"Native" Quotes from Famous Books



... is by inheritance of the first class of New-England men, numbering in his family a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a President of the Continental Congress, and several other persons honorably distinguished in affairs. He is a native of Lebanon, in New Hampshire, where his father is still living—the centre of a circle bound to him by their respect for every public and private virtue. Though he had completed his preparatory studies before he was eleven years of age, he did ...
— The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 • Various
... brought home, from one of the Mediterranean islands, the mortal remains of his mother, who had died just before; he had received from her a great inheritance, and to put his interests in order he had settled in his native city for a period. Kranitski, long a friend in the house of his father and mother, had known him from childhood, and exhibited on greeting him an outburst of tenderness. This amused the baron, but pleased him also a little. ...
— The Argonauts • Eliza Orzeszko (AKA Orzeszkowa)
... the only actor Brownsville ever produced, was folklore in his native place. Tony had never appeared in his home town. And that which greatly enhanced the reputation of the great actor in the minds of the people in his home was the oft repeated stories of his prowess as ...
— Watch Yourself Go By • Al. G. Field
... Mississippi and northward to British America. The moose we shall speak of hereafter. The Rocky Mountain mule deer, and the long-tailed deer of the same locality, are two more species, and there are also the black-tailed deer and the reindeer, the latter of which is a native of British America. The scope of our volume will not of course admit of detailed directions for trapping each variety, but, as the habits of all the species are in a measure similar, our remarks will apply to them in general, and particularly ...
— Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making • William Hamilton Gibson
... into a town with a modest church on the outskirts, and a cottage where Raines and Easter were installed. They stood between the old civilization and the new, understanding both, and protecting the native strength of the one from the vices of the other, and training it after more breadth and refinement. But Raines and Easter did not lend themselves to the picture so readily, and gradually it grew vague and shadowy, and the figure ...
— A Mountain Europa • John Fox Jr.


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