Definition of Aboreginal

Ab`o*rig"i*nal (&?;), a. [See Aborigines.]

1. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. "Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf." Wordsworth.

2. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.

Ab`o*rig"i*nal, n. 1. An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.

2. An animal or a plant native to the region.

It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands.
Darwin.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.
Quotations
*Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf. - Wordsworth.
Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.
Original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.
Animal or a plant native to the region.
Quotations
*It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands. - Darwin.
(Proper noun): Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia.
Any of the native languages spoken by Australian aborigines.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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