1associated with the place or circumstances of a person’s birth:he’s a native New Yorkerher native country
of the indigenous inhabitants of a place:a ceremonial native dance from Fiji
2(of a plant or animal) of indigenous origin or growth:eagle owls aren’t native to BritainScotland’s few remaining native pinewoods
Australian/NZ used in names of animals or plants resembling others familiar elsewhere, e.g. native bee.
3(of a quality) belonging to a person’s character from birth; innate:some last vestige of native wit prompted Guy to say nothing
4(of a metal or other mineral) found in a pure or uncombined state.
5 Computing designed for or built into a given system, especially denoting the language associated with a given processor, computer, or compiler, and programs written in it.
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Universal
a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not:a native of Montreal
a local inhabitant:New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives
dated, often offensive a non-white original inhabitant of a country, as regarded by European colonists or travellers:he led an expedition to New Guinea and was wounded by a native’s spear
an animal or plant indigenous to a place:the marigold is a native of southern Europe
British an oyster reared in British waters.
go native
humorous or derogatory (of a person living away from their own country or region) abandon one’s own culture, customs, or way of life and adopt those of the country or region one is living in:entranced by this vision of social harmony, he begins to go native
