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- DictionaryPro·vin·cial/prəˈvin(t)SH(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. of or concerning a province of a country or empire: "provincial elections"
- 2. of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded: "the whole exhibition struck one as being very provincial"
noun
- 1. an inhabitant of a province of a country or empire.
- 2. an inhabitant of the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded: "a town populated by money-grubbers, philistines, and self-satisfied provincials"
1. : of, relating to, or coming from a province. 2. a. : limited in outlook : narrow. b. : lacking the polish of urban society : unsophisticated. 3. : of or relating to a decorative style (as in furniture) marked by simplicity, informality, and relative plainness.
PROVINCIAL definition: 1. a person who comes from somewhere in a country outside its capital city 2. relating to an area…. Learn more.
pro·vin·cial. (prə-vĭn′shəl) adj. 1. Of or relating to a province. 2. Of or characteristic of people from the provinces; not fashionable or sophisticated: "Well-educated professional women ... made me feel uncomfortably provincial" (J.R. Salamanca). 3. Limited in perspective; narrow and self-centered.
Something or someone provincial belongs to a province, or region outside of the city. Provincial has a straightforward meaning when describing where someone is from, but it has some other shades of meaning too.
Provincial definition: belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local. See examples of PROVINCIAL used in a sentence.
A provincial is someone who comes from a part of a country away from the capital city.
Definition of provincial adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Jun 2, 2024 · provincial (plural provincials) A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial. (Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.
Provincial definition: belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local. See examples of PROVINCIAL used in a sentence.
Of or like that of rural provinces; countrified; rustic. Designating or of a style, esp. of 18th-cent. European furniture, that was characteristic of the provinces and was a simpler and plainer copy of the style characteristic of the capital and cultural centers. Narrow; limited; unsophisticated.
