Definition of native speaker Native speaker

na•tive speak•er

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What does native speaker mean?

Noun
native speaker - a speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood; "native speakers of French"

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native speaker (Noun)
A person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue .

A native speaker is someone who speaks a language as his or her first language or mother tongue. Native speakers can usually speak the language very well since they speak the language since they were born. A native speaker's language is normally the language their parents speak and the language of the country they live in since birth.