PROVINCIALISMS

Noun

provincialisms

plural of provincialism

Source: Wiktionary


PROVINCIALISM

Pro*vin"cial*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. provincialisme.]

Definition: A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality. M. Arnold.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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