aborigines

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of aborigine
2. (plural, plural-only)The original people of a location; originally used of ancient Greek and Roman peoples.

   “There seems little doubt that the aborigines of Banda were Papuans, and a portion of them still exists in the Ke islands, where they emigrated when the Portuguese first took possession of their native island. It is such people as these that are often looked upon as transitional forms between two very distinct races, like the Malays and Papuans, whereas they are only examples of intermixture.”

3. (plural, plural-only)Indigenous flora and fauna.
4. (plural, plural-only)The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred.
5. (form-of, plural)plural of Aborigine

name

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

   “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.”