Natives

native - [ ney-tiv ]
See synonyms for: native / natives / natively

adjective

Being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being:

one's native land.

belonging to a person by birth or to a thing by nature;

inherent:

native ability;

native grace.

Belonging by birth to a people regarded as indigenous to a certain place, especially a preliterate people:

Native guides accompanied the expedition through the rainforest.

of indigenous origin, growth, or production:

native pottery.

Noun

Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:

the natives of Chile.

a person born in a particular place or country:

a native of Ohio.

an organism indigenous to a particular region.

British. an oyster reared in British waters, especially in an artificial bed.

Astrology. a person born under a particular planet: Capricorn natives are practical, collected, and reliable allies to have in a crisis.