native companion
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of native companion
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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Duck, native companion, white crane, and sacred ibis abound here.
From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by Stuart, John McDouall
Malcolm understood instantly that his native companion had found the ekka-wallah more communicative.
From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Tracy, Louis
The imitation of the frolicsome skip and wing movements of the native companion is one of the typical dances of the aboriginals frequenting open plains where the great birds assemble.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
The woods astonished my native companion Yuranigh; who remarked that they were trees belonging to the sea coast at Sydney.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Mitchell, Thomas
The same dull, faint, long cry, fell on our ears; but we took no heed of it, for our native companion said it was the signal shout of huntsmen in the mountains.
From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by Ross, William A.
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