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Native
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust.
(2):
(n.) Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds.
(3):
(n.) One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France.
(4):
(a.) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride.
(5):
(a.) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver.
(6):
(a.) Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
(7):
(a.) Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, simplicity, rights, etc.
(8):
(a.) Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries.
(9):
(a.) Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; - opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color, etc.
(10):
(a.) Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Native'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/n/native.html. 1828.
