Definition of native for Students. 1  1 : born in a certain place or country He's a native Belgian. 2  2 : belonging to a person because of place of birth His parents speak their native language at home. 3  3 : living or growing naturally in a certain region native plants. 4  4 : grown, produced, or coming from a certain place native tomatoes native art.
Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil in Rosedale, Mississippi. Last month, while I was driving down the Mississippi River on a magazine assignment, I had a curious experience in Rosedale, Mississippi.
1 Abe Vigoda, character actor in The Godfather and Barney Miller, died at 94 on Jan. 26. 2  Paul Kantner, Jefferson Airplane co-founder and guitarist, died at 74 on Jan. 28.  Signe Anderson, the original Jefferson Airplane singer who was replaced by Grace Slick, died at 74 on Jan. 28, the same day as Kantner.