English

Proper noun

Aborigines

1. original inhabitants, natives.
2. (Roman mythology) The earliest inhabitants of central Italy, from whom the Latins were said to have descended.
3. The native peoples of various regions, especially the Australian Aboriginal peoples, but also the original inhabitants of Canada and Argentina.

Translations

Noun

Aborigines

1. plural of Aborigine

English

Noun

aborigines

1. plural of aborigine
2. The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]^[2]
3. Indigenous flora and fauna. [First attested in the late 17^th century.]^[2]
4. (historical) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred. [First attested in the early 18^th century.]^[2]

References

1. ↑ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], ISBN 0550142304), page 4
2. 1 2 3 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 6

Latin

Noun

aboriginēs

1. nominative plural of aborigō
2. accusative plural of aborigō
3. vocative plural of aborigō

References

• ABORIGINES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• aborigines in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• aborigines in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aborigines in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly