Antonyms for aboriginals


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ab-uh-rij-uh-nl
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæb əˈrɪdʒ ə nl


Definition of aboriginals

Origin :
  • 1660s, "first, earliest," especially in reference to inhabitants of lands colonized by Europeans, from aborigines (see aborigine) + -al (1); specific Australian sense is from 1820. The noun is attested from 1767. Related: Aboriginally.
  • As in native : noun person born in the country in which he/she dwells
  • As in cave dweller : noun someone who dwells in a cave
  • As in aborigine : noun first inhabitant
Example sentences :
  • Further on we came to Koordal, a 'reserve' for the aboriginals.
  • Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
  • I should have said that we saw no Aboriginals—no "blackfellows."
  • Extract from : « Following the Equator, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Great tact is necessary in the education of the aboriginals.
  • Extract from : « Spinifex and Sand » by David W Carnegie
  • They must have been here when all these hills and valleys were peopled only by the aboriginals.
  • Extract from : « Faces in the Fire » by Frank W. Boreham
  • There are more than four million aboriginals in East Africa alone.
  • Extract from : « My African Journey » by Winston Churchill
  • Maybe you have seen the Dervishes, or the Fijians, or the Australian aboriginals?
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Falchion, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • All four were aboriginals, two were the boys that had been seen at the yard.
  • Extract from : « An Outback Marriage » by Andrew Barton Paterson
  • But the skin showed unmistakably that she belonged to the aboriginals.
  • Extract from : « The Frontier Angel » by Edward S. Ellis
  • We thought that it was the aboriginals who were trying to get on to the ship, and that these were their fires.
  • Extract from : « Missing Friends » by Thorvald Weitemeyer
  • Only once did the sombre rapture of these aboriginals find expression.
  • Extract from : « Whirligigs » by O. Henry

Synonyms for aboriginals

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