native signer in English

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      "form": "native signers",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "A person who grew up with a particular sign language as their mother tongue."
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        ],
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        "(linguistics) A person who grew up with a particular sign language as their mother tongue."
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "native signer"
}

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    {
      "form": "native signers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "native signer (plural native signers)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Linguistics"
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      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "speaker"
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        {
          "word": "native speaker"
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        {
          "word": "non-native speaker"
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          "text": "Worldwide, there are at least 29 sign languages that each have at least ten thousand native signers.",
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        "A person who grew up with a particular sign language as their mother tongue."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "signer"
        },
        {
          "word": "person"
        }
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        [
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          "linguistics"
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        "(linguistics) A person who grew up with a particular sign language as their mother tongue."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
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"native signer" meaning in English

Noun

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