1 (usually Aboriginal) relating to the original people living in Australia:
the issue of Aboriginal land rights
2 relating to the original people, animals, etc. of a place and to a period of time before Europeans arrived:
the aboriginal peoples of Canada * aboriginal art / culture
noun (usually Aboriginal) a member of a race of people who were the original people living in a country, especially Australia
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