provincial

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
- the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials
• Topics:
Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church
• Hypernyms:
official, functionary
2. a country person
• Syn:
peasant, bucolic
• Derivationally related forms:
peasanthood (for: peasant)
• Hypernyms:
rustic
• Hyponyms:
cotter, cottar, muzhik, moujik, mujik, muzjik

II - adjective

1. of or associated with a province (Freq. 3)
- provincial government
• Pertains to noun:
province
• Derivationally related forms:
province
2. characteristic of the provinces or their people (Freq. 2)
- deeply provincial and conformist
- in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial
- narrow provincial attitudes
• Ant:
cosmopolitan
• Similar to:
bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated, corn-fed,
corn-fed, parochial, jerkwater, one-horse, pokey,
poky, stay-at-home
• Derivationally related forms:
province

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  peasant, bucolic