native

native, n.

1. A person who is a citizen of a particular place, region, or nation by virtue of having been born there.

2. A person whose national origin derives from having been born within a particular place.

3. Loosely, a person born abroad whose parents are citizens of the nation and are not permanently residing abroad.

4. Loosely, a person or thing belonging to a group indigenous to a particular place. • The term Native American is sometimes shortened to native. [Cases: Indians

1. C.J.S. Indians §§ 2–3, 156.]

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译员李明，毕业于英国顶尖的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各种与调查和白领犯罪辩护有关的法律文件。