native-born

[ ney-tiv-bawrn ]

adjective
  1. born in the place or country indicated: a native-born Australian.

Origin of native-born

1
First recorded in 1490–1500

Words Nearby native-born

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How to use native-born in a sentence

  • It is high time that we who are native-born realized the price that our parents paid for the freedom and liberty we have enjoyed.

    The Affable Stranger | Peter McArthur
  • No stranger, at second view, would have taken him for a native born.

    The Transformation of Job | Frederick Vining Fisher
  • Then the call came home to the native-born, and particularly to Canadians of English speech.

    The Canadian Dominion | Oscar D. Skelton
  • Due to the conformist spirit of the dominant crowd, native-born Americans are losing their intellectual leadership.

    The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean Martin
  • I would ask, being as little familiar with the low country settlements as any native-born Carolinian could be.

    The Master of Appleby | Francis Lynde

British Dictionary definitions for native-born

native-born

adjective
  1. born in the country or area indicated

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