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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
native/ˈneɪtɪv/

▶noun

• 1 a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth.

  ■ a local inhabitant.

• 2 an animal or plant indigenous to a place.

• 3 dated, often offensive a non-white original inhabitant of a country as regarded by European colonists or travellers.

▶adjective

• 1 associated with the place or circumstances of a person's birth.

  ■ of the indigenous inhabitants of a place.

• 2 (of a plant or animal) of indigenous origin or growth.

• 3 innate; in a person's character: native wit.

• 4 (of a metal or other mineral) found in a pure or uncombined state.

– phrases
go native derogatory (of a person living abroad) adopt the way of life of the country one is living in.

– derivatives
natively adverb,
nativeness noun.

– origin ME: from L. nativus, from nat-, nasci ‘be born’.

usage: In contexts such as a native of Boston or New York was too hot even for the natives, the use of the noun native is quite acceptable. When used to refer to non-white original inhabitants of a country, however, it has an old-fashioned feel and may cause offence.