nnoun.person(Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious orderTopic:Church of RomeRoman CatholicRoman Catholic ChurchRoman ChurchWestern Church
Examples:- the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials
Hypernyms:functionary official
Inherited Hypernyms:provincialofficialskilled workerworkerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:provincialofficialskilled workerworkerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.persona country personSynset:bucolic peasant
Derivationally Related Form:peasanthood
Hypernyms:rustic
Inherited Hypernyms:peasantrusticcommonerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:peasantrusticcommonerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:cottarcottermoujikmujikmuzhikmuzjik
Full Hyponyms:cottermuzhik
adjadj.pertof or associated with a provinceDerivationally Related Form:province
Pertainyms:province
Inherited Hypernyms:provincial
adjadj.allcharacteristic of the provinces or their peopleExamples:- deeply provincial and conformist
- in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial
- narrow provincial attitudes
Antonyms:cosmopolitan
Derivationally Related Form:province
Inherited Hypernyms:provincial
Similar to:bumpkinly hick rustic unsophisticated corn-fed insular parochial jerkwater one-horse pokey poky stay-at-home untraveled untravelled