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Meaning of native

1. (n) a person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous person

2. (adj) belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one''s native language"

3. (adj) being such by origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"

4. (adj) being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"

5. (adj.sat.) normally existing at birth; "mankind''s connatural sense of the good"

6. (adj.sat.) as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper"