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| Main Entry: | native speaker |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a person who has spoken the language in question from early childhood |
| Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7) Copyright © 2003-2008 Lexico Publishing Group, LLC |
native speaker
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| native speaker | |
noun | |
| a speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood; "native speakers of French" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
native speaker
a person who has spoken a particular language ever since he was able to speak at all
Example: I am a native speaker of English; a native Spanish speaker
See also: native, Native American, native language/tongue, native to, the Nativity, "native speaker" in any languageExample: I am a native speaker of English; a native Spanish speaker
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