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Definition of Provincialist
1. n. One who lives in a province; a provincial.
Definition of Provincialist
1. Noun. One who lives in a province; a provincial. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Provincialist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Provincialist
Literary usage of Provincialist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reprinted Glossaries by Walter William Skeat (1873)
"I notice this as a provincialism ; and know no better test of a northern
provincialist than this peculiarity. In the pronunciation of VOWELS, that of о long ..."
2. The Irish National Invincibles and Their Times by Patrick Tynan (1894)
"The loyal Irish of all shades of opinion, Nationalist and provincialist alike,
saw that a crisis was approaching. Gladstone's dastardly arrest of Mr. Dillon ..."
3. Twenty Years After: Or, the Further Feats and Fortunes of a Gascon Adventurer by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet (1846)
"I am a provincialist." " Which means that you do not very well understand the
bombast that here flows from every mouth. So much the better, young man—so ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1873)
"A mere provincialist of East Yorkshire knows no such sound; nor can he, without
much practice, pronounce it. In the provincial dialect it takes four ..."
5. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1826)
"Nathaniel Bumppo, called by the -Delawares Hawkeye, from his quick and accurate
sight, was a provincialist, who from early life had associated with the ..."
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