Meaning & use
Indigene
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A native or original inhabitant of a particular region or country.
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The anthropologist spent years living among the indigenes of the river valley.
Colonial records rarely gave the indigenes a voice in their own history.
A note on using this word
'Indigene' is the older, more literary root behind the now far more common adjective 'indigenous.'
Words with a similar meaning
nativeaborigine
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Words with an opposite meaning
settlerimmigrant
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