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native speaker

Definitions

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  • noun A person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue.

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  • noun a speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood

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hypernyms (5)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. speaker
  2. talker
  3. utterer
  4. verbaliser
  5. verbalizer

relateds (1)

relateds

  1. native-speaking

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  • mialuthien commented on the word native speaker

    native speaker – a person who has learned a language from an early age and who has full mastery of that language

    July 14, 2008

  • fbharjo commented on the word native speaker

    as opposed to a dative speaker???

    September 5, 2010