(UK) One who has the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent.
(UK) One who has the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(British, immigration) The right to reside in the United Kingdom, free from the constraints of immigration policy.
A legal term introduced by Britain's Immigration Act 1971 to describe Commonwealth citizens who did not have the right of abode in the UK—contrasted with 'patrials' (those with a parent or grandparent born in Britain). The patrial/nonpatrial distinction was widely criticised as covertly racial in its effect, limiting immigration from New Commonwealth countries.
(UK) One who is not a patrial.
(UK) Relating to the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent.
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(grammar, Latin, of a noun) Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile.
"patrial" means: Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"patrial" means: Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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