patrial

American  

[pey-tree-uhl] / ˈpeɪ tri əl /

noun

British.

1. a native of any country who, by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent in Great Britain, has citizenship and residency rights there.

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patrial British  

/ ˈpeɪtrɪəl /

noun

1. (in Britain formerly) a person having by statute the right of abode in the United Kingdom, and so not subject to immigration control

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Etymology

Origin of patrial

1620–30; literally, pertaining to one's own country < Latin patri(a) native land (feminine noun from patrius, adj. derivative of pater father ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Maya was the patrial name of the natives of Yucatan.

From The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

Thus fro' my patrial shore, O traitor, hurried to exile, Me on a lonely strand hast left, perfidious Theseus?

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Meanwhile, they sought news of their patrial stead and learned that which its people suffered of straitness and severity.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Me from my dear-loved patrial nide she drove Over the broad and boisterous Ocean ranging, Where Life so often saw her èxtreme range.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various

It is a better; for its patrial sky Fitter than yon.

From Nathan the Wise; a dramatic poem in five acts by Taylor, William