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Of, or concerning, rural regions remote from a city
“He also regularly donated money to the church in the provincial town from which he and most of his workers migrated.”
Of, or concerning, a province of a country or empire
“Acadians brought with them provincial cooking styles from France.”
Insular in one's views, opinions or outlook
“What I see as a provincial mindset in Deloney and Dekker might be expected to bring with it the baggage of xenophobia, but as the above examples make clear, xenophobia is a rather muted issue.”
Unsophisticated or uncultured in manner or behavior
“One belief is that the comedies in the paintings are crude and provincial, an old-fashioned folk-theatre appropriate to colonists distant from the cultural mainstream.”
A person unaffected by or unaware of the social protocols of modern society
Belonging to, or characteristic of, values and attitudes of the middle class
Relating to lands or territory previously unsettled
Relating to a section or group within a community
Located far from a given point, location or place
Of or related to a clan
Lacking refined worldly knowledge or tastes
Relating to or constituting a particular form or dialect of a language
Situated in the interior of a country rather than on the coast
A person who lives and works in the country, or a rural area
“Sophisticated and chic, it's a really a new experience for us provincials.”
An unsophisticated or uncultured person, typically from a rural town or area
“But then people stopped wearing dunce-caps in the towns because it came to be seen as a sign of a provincial, a peasant.”
A rich man of good social standing who owns and lives in a large rural property
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