aboriginal
noun
1. an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
e.g. the art of the natives of the northwest coast
the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students
Synonym: nativeindigenindigeneaborigine
adj
1. having existed from the beginning
in an earliest or original stage or state
e.g. aboriginal forests
primal eras before the appearance of life on earth
the forest primeval
primordial matter
primordial forms of life
Synonym: primalprimevalprimaevalprimordial
2. characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
e.g. native Americans
the aboriginal peoples of Australia
Synonym: native