Provincial
English Meaning
Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.
- Of or relating to a province.
- Of or characteristic of people from the provinces; not fashionable or sophisticated: "Well-educated professional women ... made me feel uncomfortably provincial” ( J.R. Salamanca).
- Limited in perspective; narrow and self-centered.
- A native or inhabitant of the provinces.
- A person who has provincial ideas or habits.