Indigene
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɪndɪdʒiːn/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Indigene is an adjective meaning An indigenous person; a native.
Meaning
An indigenous person; a native.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Indigenous.
Example Sentences
The price for all this chutzpah was that Malraux then had to take up the cause of the colonial indigenes as if it really mattered to him.
While Manuel sat skinning his birds of an afternoon, generally surrounded by a little crowd of Malays and Sassaks (as the indigenes of Lombock are termed), he often held forth to them with the air of a teacher, and was listened to with profound attention.
Word Forms
- indigenes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include autochthon, politique, indigenistic, innative, indigenous, indigenist.
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