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Webster 1913 Edition


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.
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Noun.
A patrial noun. Thus
Romanus
, a Roman, and
Troas
, a woman of Troy, are
patrial
nouns, or
patrials
.
Andrews.