In contexts such as a native of Boston the use of the noun native is quite acceptable. But when used as a noun without qualification, as in this dance is a favourite with the natives, it is more problematic. In modern use it can refer humorously to the local inhabitants of a particular place: New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives, but it is likely to sound offensive if used in reference to any area of the world that has been under colonial rule, in which it was the standard term for indigenous people as opposed to their foreign masters.
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