patrial

Pa"tri*al, a. Etym: [L. patria fatherland, country, fr. pater father.] (Lat. Gram.) Defn: Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile; -- said of a noun. -- n. Defn: A patrial noun. Thus Romanus, a Roman, and Troas, a woman of Troy, are patrial nouns, or patrials. Andrews.

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