Native American

Speech parts

1. Native American - Noun

2. Native American - Adjective

Meaning

any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived

of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Amerindian indian American Indian Amerind First Nations Indigenous peoples Amerindic First Nation Indigenous people aboriginal mohawk apache east indian westerner redskin
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Antonyms

european rover nomad pilgrim emigrant exile
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Hypernyms

individual person soul mortal somebody someone

Hyponyms

iroquois creek pueblo algonquin maya eskimo

Examples

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge. James Thurber

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. Mark Twain

I have good genes. My father is Danish and my mother is Irish and Native American. They both have good skin. Virginia Madsen

In more recent years, I've become more and more fascinated with the indigenous folklore of this land, Native American folklore, and also Hispanic folklore now that I live in the Southwest. Terri Windling

Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody's writing about them. They're really an underrepresented population, and the ironic thing is very, very few of those we call Native American writers actually grew up on reservations, and yet most of their work is about reservations. Sherman Alexie

Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers. Toni Morrison

Close letter words and terms

Native Alaskan native aluminium Native America Native American Church native american day Native American giver