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native signer

native signer noun: a person who grew up with a particular sign language as their mother tongue.

Noun

native signer (plural native signers)

  1. A person who grew up with a particular sign language as their mother tongue.
    • Worldwide, there are at least 29 sign languages that each have at least ten thousand native signers.

Forms of native signer

pluralnative signers

Questions about native signer

What does native signer mean?
Native signer means a person who grew up with a particular sign language as their mother tongue.
What part of speech is native signer?
Native signer is a noun.
What is the plural of native signer?
The plural of native signer is native signers.

Words near native signer in the dictionary

  1. native myrtles
  2. native plum
  3. native plums
  4. native resolution
  5. native resolutions
  6. native signer
  7. native signers
  8. native soil
  9. native soils
  10. native son
  11. native sons

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