provincial
adjective
1. of or associated with a province
- provincial government
2. characteristic of the provinces or their people
- deeply provincial and conformist
- in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial
- narrow provincial attitudes
Similar word(s): bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated, insular, parochial, jerkwater, pokey, poky, untraveled, untravelled
noun
1. (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
- the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials
Definition categories: person, functionary, official
2. a country person