/ab'euh rij"euh nee/ , n.
1. one of the original or earliest known inhabitants of a country or region.
2. ( cap. ) Also, Aboriginal . Also called Australian Aborigine . a member of the dark-skinned people who were the earliest inhabitants of Australia.
3. aborigines , the original, native fauna or flora of a region.
[ 1540-50; by back formation from aborigines Aborigines a race of pre-Roman inhabitants of Italy, prob. alter. of an earlier ethnonym by assoc. with AB ORIGINE ]