adj. & n.
--adj.
1. (of races and natural phenomena) inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists.
2 (usu. Aboriginal) of the Australian Aboriginals.
--n.
1. an aboriginal inhabitant.
2 (usu. Aboriginal) an aboriginal inhabitant of Australia.
Derivatives:
aboriginally adv.
Etymology: as ABORIGINE + -AL