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PATRIAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does patrial mean?
• PATRIAL (noun)
The noun PATRIAL has 1 sense:
1. a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent)
Familiarity information: PATRIAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("patrial" is a kind of...):
Brit; Britisher; Briton (a native or inhabitant of Great Britain)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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