What does "territorial" mean?

A non-professional member of a territorial army.

How do you pronounce "territorial"?

Pronounced //ˌtɛɹ.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl//.

Common synonyms include: geographic, geographical, jurisdictional, regional, sectional, territorial reserve.

//ˌtɛɹ.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
A non-professional member of a territorial army.
"The territorials initiated about as many ground contacts (7,175) as the communists initiated against them (7,391) and more than those initiated by the army. As expected, the enemy attacked the territorials almost three times as often as it did the army."
2
a territorial military unit wordnet
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nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit wordnet

Adjective

1
Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.
2
Of or relating to geography or territory.
"Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated ; occupied territories restored ; Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea ; and the relations of the several Balkan states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality ; and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several Balkan states should be entered into."
3
Organized for home defence - such as the Territorial Army. capitalized, often
4
Displaying territoriality.