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单词 aborigen
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aborigenn.

Brit. /aˈbɒrᵻdʒ(ᵻ)n/, /aˈbɒrᵻdʒɛn/, U.S. /æˈbɔrədʒ(ə)n/, /æˈbɔriˌdʒɛn/
Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– aborigen, 1700s– aborigin.
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymon: aborigine n.
Etymology: Probably originally formed as a singular of aborigines , aborigenes (see aborigine n.), by analogical removal of final -es , perhaps by association with origin n. and its Latin etymon. See further discussion at aborigine n.
Now somewhat rare.
An indigenous or native inhabitant. Also in extended use. Cf. aborigine n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > original inhabitant
aborigine?1529
autochthon1579
aborigen1587
native1603
originals1703
aboriginal1749
primitive1779
aboriginary1869
tangata whenua1949
1587 A. Golding tr. Solinus Worthie Work i. sig. B.4 The Arcadians..builded the Towne Palanteum, which the Aborigens [L. Aborigines] inhabited a whyle.
1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xv. xciii. 374 For Welsh and Scots, so far-forth we Aborigens may name.
1799 M. Brown Let. 1 Oct. in T. Jefferson Papers (2004) XXXI. 195 They [sc. statues] are..sufficiently entire to shew the degree of knowledge in sculpture the Aborigins had Attained to.
1832 I. Taylor Saturday Evening (1834) 349 He is then aborigin of all spheres of thought, & finds himself at home & at ease in every region.
1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 135 The Cimex lectularius..is apparently an aborigen of the country.
1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 II. ix. 174 Thus, with an able-bodied aborigen holding on by my tunic-tails behind, I parachuted down.
1978 Jrnl. Econ. & Social Hist. Orient 21 187 When Aryans arrived in Indian society they captured the aborigins.
1996 E. Glavatskaya in J. Pentikäinen Shamanism & Northern Ecol. vi. 374 The government point of view was that it was better to deal with non-baptized but peaceful aborigens.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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