native-born

English

Etymology

From native +‎ born.

Adjective

native-born (not comparable)

  1. Being a native and inhabitant of the same place; living where one was born.
  2. Born in the country of citizenship.
    • 2025 July 25, Matt Egan, “How Trump’s mass deportations could backfire on the American economy by shrinking paychecks”, in CNN Business‎[1]:
      “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.

Noun

native-born (plural native-borns)

  1. A person who was born in the country of their citizenship.
  2. A person who was born as a citizen of a specified country.

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