Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
According to Aboriginal tradition; traditionally indigenous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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adj
Ignorant, stupid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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name
A surname from Middle English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A locality in the Shire of Buloke, Victoria, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A locality in the Shire of Gannawarra, Victoria, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A stranger; an ignorant person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Qualifier: Australian Aboriginal
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noun
An Aboriginal person living according to tradition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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noun
Any of various Australian acacias, especially the weeping myall, Acacia pendula, or the wood of such trees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Borrowed from Dharug mayal, miyal.
For the surname, from Middle English Mighel, Mihel, variant of Michel (“Michael”). Mostly found in Essex.
Aboriginal, perhaps a transferred use of Etymology 1, above.
