Definitions for national

Definitions for (noun) national

Main entry: national, subject

Definition: a person who owes allegiance to that nation

Usage: a monarch has a duty to his subjects


Definitions for (adj) national

Main entry: interior, internal, home, national

Definition: inside the country

Usage: the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior; the nation's internal politics


Main entry: national

Definition: concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country

Usage: the national government; national elections; of national concern; the national highway system; national forests


Main entry: national

Definition: limited to or in the interests of a particular nation

Usage: national interests; isolationism is a strictly national policy


Main entry: national

Definition: owned or maintained for the public by the national government

Usage: national parks


Main entry: national

Definition: of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country

Usage: national hero; national anthem; a national landmark


Main entry: national

Definition: of or relating to nationality

Usage: national origin


Main entry: national

Definition: characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation

Usage: a national trait


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