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Patrial
Pa′tri-al
(pā′trĭ-al)
, Adj.
[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.
– Noun.
A patrial noun. Thus
Romanus
, a Roman, and Troas
, a woman of Troy, are patrial
nouns, or patrials
. Andrews.
Definition 2024
patrial
patrial
English
Adjective
patrial (not comparable)
- (grammar, Latin, of a noun) Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile.
- (Britain) Relating to the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent
Noun
patrial (plural patrials)
- (Britain) One who has the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent