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provincialist

noun

Etymology

From provincial + -ist.

  1. derived from prōvinciālis — “of a province”
  2. derived from provincial
  3. inherited from provincial
  4. suffixed as provincialist — “provincial + ist”

Definitions

  1. One who lives in a province

    One who lives in a province; a provincial.

    • Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary is an excellent work, but perhaps it will be of service only to such men as I have alluded to before: the provincialist will mis-pronounce even his leading sounds.

  2. One who supports rights of self-determination by provinces.

    • Others shifted ground on this key issue, Vogel for example, who began his political career as a provincialist and champion of the rights of Otago, only to become the chief architect of the destructions of the provinces in 1876,

  3. Supporting rights of self-determination by provinces.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA