Meaning of PATRIAL
| Pronunciation: | | 'peytreeul
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| | Definition: | | [n] (British) a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent) |
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| | See Also: | | Brit, Britisher, Briton | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pa"tri*al\, a. [L. patria fatherland, country, fr.
pater father.] (Lat. Gram.)
Derived from the name of a country, and designating an
inhabitant of the country; gentile; -- said of a noun. -- n.
A patrial noun. Thus Romanus, a Roman, and Troas, a woman of
Troy, are patrial nouns, or patrials. --Andrews.
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