Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Aborigines \Ab`o*rig"i*nes\ (-r[i^]j"[i^]*n[=e]z), n. pl. [L.
   Aborigines; ab + origo, especially the first inhabitants of
   Latium, those who originally (ab origine) inhabited Latium or
   Italy. See {Origin}.]
   1. The earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races.

   2. The original fauna and flora of a geographical area