Patrial

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Patrial \Pa"tri*al\ (p[=a]"tr[i^]*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.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  patrial
       n : a person who has the right to be considered legally a
           British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or
           grandparent)