autochthon
noun
an aboriginal inhabitant.
autochthones
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pluralof autochthon.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But now that there is evidence to indicate that the Terran Colony was an experiment, the planting of one Hainish Normal group on a world with its own proto-hominid autochthones, the possibility cannot be ignored.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
When occupied of a mellow October afternoon by a party of the autochthones, in their pea-jackets of blue or hickory homespun, it presents a gay and cheery spectacle.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 by Various
Thus, although the general view is to regard the Sumerians as the autochthones and the Semites as the later intruders in Babylonia, the Semitic character of the Sumerian gods points to an opposite conclusion.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
From the very ground they seemed to spring, these autochthones of confetti and side-shows.
From Fran by J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis
If they are autochthones, from what germs did they start into existence?
From Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence by Louis Agassiz
