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patrial

patrial adjective: derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile.

Adjective

patrial (not comparable)

  1. (Latin) Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile.
  2. (UK) Relating to the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent

Noun

patrial (plural patrials)

  1. (UK) One who has the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent.
  2. A noun derived from the name of a country.

Forms of patrial

pluralpatrials

Origin of patrial

From Latin patria (“fatherland, country”). The United Kingdom sense was first introduced by the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77).

Words formed from patrial

Questions about patrial

What does patrial mean?
Patrial means derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile.
What part of speech is patrial?
Patrial can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near patrial in the dictionary

  1. patresfamilias
  2. patress
  3. patresses
  4. patri-
  5. patria potestas
  6. patrial
  7. patriality
  8. patrials
  9. patriarch
  10. patriarchal
  11. patriarchal church

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