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native-born

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na·tive-born (ntv-bôrn)
adj.
Belonging to a place by birth.
native-born
adj
born in the country or area indicated
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Adj.1.native-born - belonging to a place by birth; "a native-born Scot"; "a native Scot"
native - characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"


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It so happened that a native-born son of the valley, many years before, had enlisted as a soldier, and, after a great deal of hard fighting, had now become an illustrious commander.
The Great Carbuncle by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
He and the two mates, are as I learn, the only native-born Americans in the ship.
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