LekhoriLekhoriThe original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman.
Indigenous flora and fauna.
Original inhabitants, natives.
The earliest inhabitants of central Italy, from whom the Latins were said to have descended.
The native peoples of various regions, especially the Australian Aboriginal peoples, but also the original inhabitants of Canada and Argentina. Often considered offensive.
Learned borrowing from Latin aborīginēs.
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AO Neville, the Protector of Aborigines in Western Australia until the 1930s, railed against the risk of the creation of a ‘third race’ of half-castes.