1. A native; an aboriginal. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
2. pl.
Defn: Natural gifts, impulses, etc. [Obs.] Fuller.
3. One born without the usual powers of reason or understanding; an idiot. "The minds of naturals." Locke.
4. (Mus.)
Defn: A character [] used to contradict, or to remove the effect of, a sharp or flat which has preceded it, and to restore the unaltered note.
NATURALISM
Nat"u*ral*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. naturalisme.]
1. A state of nature; conformity to nature.
2. (Metaph.)
Defn: The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritual influences; also, any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature to a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by one intelligent will.