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indigine

indigine is the alternative form 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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Forms of indigine

pluralindigines

Questions about indigine

What is indigine the alternative form of?
Indigine is the alternative form of indigene.

Words near indigine in the dictionary

  1. indigestion
  2. indigestions
  3. indigestive
  4. indigestly
  5. indigests
  6. indigine
  7. indigines
  8. Indigiqueer
  9. indigirite
  10. Indigirka
  11. indigitate

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