Hypertext Webster Gateway: "National"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
National \Na"tion*al\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. national.]
1. Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or
race; public; general; as, a national government,
language, dress, custom, calamity, etc.
2. Attached to one's own country or nation.
{National anthem}, a popular song or hymn which has become by
general acceptance the recognized musical expression of
the patriotic sentiment of a nation; as, ``God save the
King'' is called the national anthem of England.
{National bank}, the official common name of a class of
banking corporations established under the laws of the
United States.
{National flag}. See under {Flag}.
{National guard}, a body of militia, or a local military
organization, as in Paris during the French Revolution, or
as certain bodies of militia in other European countries
and in the United States.
{National salute}, a salute consisting of as many guns as
there are States in the Union. [U.S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
national
adj 1: of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country;
"national hero"; "national anthem"; "a national
landmark"
2: limited to or in the interests of a particular nation;
"national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national
policy" [ant: {international}]
3: concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire
nation or country; "the national government"; "national
elections"; "of national concern"; "the national highway
system"; "national forests" [ant: {local}]
4: owned or maintained for the public by the national
government; "national parks"
5: inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader
responsibilities than the United States Department of the
Interior"; "the nation's internal politics" [syn: {home(a)},
{interior(a)}, {internal}]
6: characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation; "a
national trait"
7: of or relating to nationality; "national origin"
n : a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has
a duty to his subjects" [syn: {subject}]
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