a. [ L. provincialis: cf. F. provincial. See Province, and cf. Provencal. ]
With two Provincial roses on my razed shoes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ Cf. F. provincialisme. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who lives in a province; a provincial. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being provincial; peculiarity of language characteristic of a province. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
adv. In a provincial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]