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indigenes

indigenes is the plural of indigene.

Meaning of indigene

Noun

indigene (plural indigenes)

  1. An indigenous person; a native.
    • While Manuel sat skinning his birds of an afternoon, generally surrounded by a little crowd of Malays and Sassaks (as the indigenes of Lombock are termed), he often held forth to them with the air of a teacher, and was listened to with profound attention.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 250

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Questions about indigenes

What is indigenes the plural of?
Indigenes is the plural of indigene.

Words near indigenes in the dictionary

  1. indigencies
  2. indigency
  3. indigene
  4. indigeneities
  5. indigeneity
  6. indigenes
  7. indigeneship
  8. indigenisation
  9. indigenisations
  10. indigenise
  11. indigenised

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