native

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Existing in or belonging to one by nature; innate: native ability.
2. adj. Being such by birth or origin: a native Scot.
3. adj. Being one's own because of the place or circumstances of one's birth: our native land.
4. adj. Originating, growing, or produced in a certain place or region; indigenous: a plant native to Asia.
5. adj. Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place.
6. adj. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of such inhabitants: native dress; the native diet of Polynesia.
7. adj. Occurring in nature pure or uncombined with other substances: native copper.
8. adj. Natural; unaffected: native beauty.
9. adj. Archaic Closely related, as by birth or race.
10. adj. Biochemistry Of or relating to the naturally occurring conformation of a macromolecule, such as a protein.
11. n. One born in or connected with a place by birth: a native of Scotland now living in the United States.
12. n. One of the original inhabitants or lifelong residents of a place.
13. n. An animal or plant that originated in a particular place or region.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Coming into existence by birth; having an origin; born.
2. Born of one's self; own.
3. Of or pertaining to one by birth, or the place or circumstances of one's birth: as, native land; native language.
4. Of indigenous origin or growth; not exotic or of foreign origin or production; belonging by birth: as, the native grapes of the South; a native name.
5. Connected by birth; hence, closely related; near.
6. Being the place of birth (of).
7. Conferred by birth; inborn; hereditary; not artificial or acquired; natural.
8. Occurring in nature pure or uncombined with other substances: said of mineral products, and especially of the metals: as, native mercury; native copper: also used to describe any mineral occurring in nature in distinction from the corresponding substance formed artificially: as, galena occurs native and also as a furnace product.
9. Synonyms Natal, Native, Natural. Natal has the narrow meaning of belonging to the event of one's birth; hence it is chiefly used with such words as day, hour, star. Native means conferred by birth: as, native genius; or, belonging by birth or origiu; as, native place, country, language. Natural applies to that which is by nature, as opposed to the work of art. Native eloquence is opposed to that which is acquired; natural eloquence to that which is elaborated by rules.
10. Indigenous, etc. See original.
11. n. One born in a certain place or country, a person or thing which derives its origin from a specified place or country.
12. n. In feudal times, one born a serf or villein, as distinguished from a person who had become so in tiny other way.
13. n. In astrology, a person born under that aspect of the stars which is under consideration.
14. n. In United States politics, same as Knownothing. See American party, under American.
15. n. An oyster raised in a bed other than the natural one.
16. n. Natural source; origin.
17. Peopled with natives or aborigines; not civilized: as, a native region; native country.
18. n. A name given in Australia to the schnapper, Pagrus unicolor, after it has ceased to school. Also called rock-native.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Belonging to one by birth.
2. adj. Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
3. adj. Of or relating to North American Indians or Aboriginal people.
4. adj. Characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin.
5. adj. Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by man.
6. adj. Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
7. adj. Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form; native aluminium, native salt.
8. n. A person who is native to a place (literal or metaphoric).
9. n. A North American Indian or Aboriginal person.
10. n. Sometimes used pejoratively against indigenous peoples by their colonizers.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
2. adj. Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; -- opposed to foreign
3. adj. Born in the region in which one lives; ; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported. In the latter sense, synonymous with domestic.
4. adj. Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
5. adj. Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired
6. adj. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
7. adj. Found in nature uncombined with other elements.
8. adj. Found in nature; not artificial.
9. 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.
10. n. Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
2. adj. as found in nature in the elemental form
3. n. an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
4. n. indigenous plants and animals
5. adj. belonging to one by birth
6. n. a person born in a particular place or country
7. adj. characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning