provincialist

[ pruh-vin-shuh-list ]

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of a province.
2. a proponent of provincial attitudes or preferences.

Example Sentences

Poujadiste later became a synonym for provincialist demagoguery.

From Economist

His idea would have been a parliamentary republic on the American lines, with some traits of the Swiss constitution to keep in touch with the regionalist and provincialist inclinations of many parts of the peninsula.

From Project Gutenberg

A reference to a work of authority on the subject will oblige a provincialist.

From Project Gutenberg

Of a summer morning you will see McArthur, the old Provincialist, as he is called, arranging in his great bow windows an innumerable variety of antique relics, none but a Mrs. Toodles could conceive a want for—such as broken pots, dog-irons, fenders, saws, toasters, stew-pans, old muskets, boxing-gloves and foils, and sundry other odds and ends too numerous to mention.

From Project Gutenberg

Fletcher, George.—Author of the "Provincialist" and other poems, a journeyman printer, and much respected for his genial character and honest kind-heartedness.

From Project Gutenberg