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'Aborigine' (originated from Latin ''ab origine'', meaning "from the origin or beginning") refers in a 'general' sense to:

★ Indigenous peoples, Displaced peoples with a prior or historical ownership of a land, and who maintain (at least in part) their distinct traditions and association with the land, and are differentiated in some way from the surrounding populations and dominant nation-state culture and governance.
Additionally, several 'specific' indigenous people are commonly referred to as "Aborigines" in English usage:

★ Indigenous Australians other than Torres Strait Islanders

★ Tasmanian Aborigines, the indigenous inhabitants of the island of Tasmania, Australia

★ Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous people of Taiwan

★ Aboriginal peoples in Canada, indigenous people recognized in the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982