[ 'peɪtrɪəl ]
■ noun Brit. a person with the right to live in the UK through the British birth of a parent or grandparent.
Derivatives
~ity -'alɪti noun
Origin
C17: from Fr., or from med. L. ~is , from L. patria 'fatherland', from pater 'father'.
[ 'peɪtrɪəl ]
■ noun Brit. a person with the right to live in the UK through the British birth of a parent or grandparent.
Derivatives
~ity -'alɪti noun
Origin
C17: from Fr., or from med. L. ~is , from L. patria 'fatherland', from pater 'father'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004