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native frangipani
Native Hawaiian
native hen
native land
Native North American
Native People
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Native South American
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native speaker
na·tive speak·er (plural na·tive speak·ers)


noun 
Definition:
 
first-language speaker: a speaker of a language learned in infancy
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