national
/ˈnæʃ.ə.nəl/ noun C1- A subject of a nation. · The diplomats were advised not to interact with any foreign nationals except on official duty.
- A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete. · After winning the regional tournament, the team advanced to the nationals.
- A national newspaper.
- Somebody born under the authority of a given country.
Plural nationals
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Again and again his word has decided the national policy.
Well, the poison brings on a cough, the cough an inflammation of the lungs, or some other complaint catalogued in the book of science, which, however, by no means precludes it from being decidedly mortal; and if it were not, would be sure to become so, thanks to the remedies applied by foolish doctors, who are generally bad chemists, and which will act in favor of or against the malady, as you please; and then there is a human being killed according to all the rules of art and skill, and of whom justice learns nothing, as was said by a terrible chemist of my acquaintance, the worthy Abbé Adelmonte of Taormina, in Sicily, who has studied these national phenomena very profoundly.”
Sitting alone, in the front of a box immediately opposite, but situated on the third row, was a woman of exquisite beauty, dressed in a Greek costume, which evidently, from the ease and grace with which she wore it, was her national attire.
Those were the early days at the end of the ’80’s, when Alec MacDonald was far from having attained the national fame which he has now achieved.
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