Australian — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A person from the Commonwealth of Australia.

   Examples

   An Australian was once appointed on contract, but he swore too much.

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   It is outrageous and indefensible that Sally Roycroft is deprived of a freedom that we legally confer on every French person. It is time she was given a fair suck of the sauce bottle, as the Australians say.

2. A person aboriginal to Australia.

3. A person from the continent of Australia.

   Usage

   • Uncommon

4. Australian English.

Adjective

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or Australian languages.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

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   The deaths of two Australian teenagers, a British woman, an American man and two Danish women – and reports of others taken ill – prompted warnings last week from several Western nations about the potentially fatal consequences of drinking tainted alcohol in Laos.

2. Upside down.

   Usage

   • US usage
   • Humorous
   • not-comparable

   Examples

   Australian scrolling

Proper noun

1. The Australian, an Australian newspaper.

   Related words

   australAustraliaAustralianaAustralianismantipodean

Adjective

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants or its languages

   Examples

   Australian deserts

   Australian aborigines

Noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Australia

   Synonyms

   Aussie

   Broader terms

   inhabitanthabitantdwellerdenizenindweller

2. the languages spoken by Australian aborigines

   Synonyms

   Aboriginal AustralianAustralian languageAboriginal Australian language

   Broader terms

   natural languagetongue