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patrial

Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪtrɪəl/

Definition of patrial

noun

British
  • a person with the right to live in the UK through the British birth of a parent or grandparent: the 1971 Act classified people as patrials and non-patrials

Derivatives

patriality

Pronunciation: /-ˈalɪti/

noun

Origin:

early 17th century: from French, or from medieval Latin patrialis, from Latin patria 'fatherland', from pater 'father'

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