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provincial
/pɹɒvinʃəl̩/
noun
A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
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.
A country bumpkin.
adjective
Of or pertaining to a province.
"a provincial dialect"
Constituting a province.
Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.
Synonymsrural
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