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natives

noun as in population

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Last month, two Minnesota natives who had joined ISIS were reported to have died on the battlefield in Syria.

Some Upper East Side natives are getting restless about outside perceptions.

In the late 1800s, white players formed field lacrosse clubs and excluded Natives.

“This campaign is being run by digital natives,” says Troiano, whose small campaign staff is almost entirely young people.

This book embodies the deep ambivalence of the Anglo-Irish, who no longer felt British, but were not accepted by the “natives.”

I presume the twenty-five or thirty miles at this end is unhealthy, even for natives, but it surely need not be so.

Columbus found the natives of San Salvador smoking after this manner.

He spoke clearly and slowly, well knowing that some among the natives would understand him.

When Cortez made conquest of Mexico in 1519 smoking seemed to be a common as well as an ancient custom among the natives.

Lionel Wafer in his travels upon the Isthmus of Darien in 1699 saw the plant growing and cultivated by the natives.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to natives, such as: community, culture, people, populace, public, and society.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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