Provincialist
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 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.
"When I termed him a provincialist the hon. and learned member said he was proud of it. The hon. member says I am a provincialist if I will not consent to a federation which will involve an undue sacrifice of the interests of New South Wales."
- 1 Supporting rights of self-determination by provinces.
"Nevertheless, within the common features discerned by Smith, it is obvious that the superficially similar prespectives of centralist v. provincialist versions of intrastate reform in fact postulated very different shaping purposes to the constitutional / institutional changes they sought ."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From provincial + -ist.
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