native-born adjective 2noun 2forms 1 adjective2 •Being a native and inhabitant of the same place; living where one was born.Our conversation was entirely in Malay, as that is the official language here, and in fact the mother-tongue and only language of the controlleur, who is a native-born half-breed. — 1869 •Born in the country of citizenship.“There are a lot of jobs in the US that native-born people don’t want – and foreign-born people are happy to have,” said Stephanie Roth, chief economist at Wolfe Research. — 2025 noun2 •A person who was born in the country of their citizenship. •A person who was born as a citizen of a specified country. formsnative-borns
