provincial

¹pro·vin·cial

noun \prə-ˈvin(t)-shəl\

Definition of PROVINCIAL

1

: the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order

2

: one living in or coming from a province

3

a : a person of local or restricted interests or outlook b : a person lacking urban polish or refinement

Examples of PROVINCIAL

1. <the confidence man figured that fleecing these provincials would be easy>

Origin of PROVINCIAL

in sense 1, from Middle English, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin provincialis, from provincia ecclesiastical province; in other senses, from Latin provincialis, from provincia province

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to PROVINCIAL

Synonyms: bumpkin, chawbacon, churl, clodhopper, cornball, countryman, hayseed, hillbilly, hick, rube, rustic, yokel

Antonyms: cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, sophisticate

Related Words: boor, clod, clown, gawk, lout, oaf; greenhorn, tenderfoot; peasant, peon; backwoodsman, mountaineer

Near Antonyms: slicker, smoothy (or smoothie); metropolitan, suburbanite, urbanite

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