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