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territorial
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun territorial has 2 senses
- territorial(n = noun.person) Array - nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit; Array is a member of home reserve, national guard, territorial army
- territorial(n = noun.group) territorial reserve - a territorial military unit; Array is a kind of guard
is a kind of soldier
is a part of militia, reserves
has particulars: home reserve, national guard, territorial army
Adjective territorial has 3 senses
- territorial(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to a territory; "the territorial government of the Virgin Islands"; "territorial claims made by a country" Derived forms noun territory3, noun territory1
- territorial(a = adj.all) Array - displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders; "territorial behavior"; "strongly territorial birds" Antonym: nonterritorial
- territorial(a = adj.all) Array - belonging to the territory of any state or ruler; "territorial rights" Antonym: extraterritorial
Derived form noun territoriality1
CIDE DICTIONARY
territorial, a. [L. territorialis: cf. F. territorial.].
- Of or pertaining to territory or land; as, territorial limits; territorial jurisdiction. [1913 Webster]
- Limited to a certain district; as, right may be personal or territorial. [1913 Webster]
- Of or pertaining to all or any of the Territories of the United States, or to any district similarly organized elsewhere; as, Territorial governments. [1913 Webster]
- exhibiting territoriality; -- of individual animals or species. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
territorial, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of territory (territorial possessions).
2 limited to a district (the right was strictly territorial).
3 (of a person or animal etc.) tending to defend an area of territory.
4 (usu. Territorial) of any of the Territories of the US or Canada.
--n. (Territorial) (in the UK) a member of the Territorial Army.
--adj.
1 of territory (territorial possessions).
2 limited to a district (the right was strictly territorial).
3 (of a person or animal etc.) tending to defend an area of territory.
4 (usu. Territorial) of any of the Territories of the US or Canada.
--n. (Territorial) (in the UK) a member of the Territorial Army.
Idiom
Territorial Army (in the UK) a volunteer force locally organized to provide a reserve of trained and disciplined manpower for use in an emergency (known as Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve 1967-79). territorial waters the waters under the jurisdiction of a State, esp. the part of the sea within a stated distance of the shore (traditionally three miles from low-water mark).
Derivative
territoriality n. territorialize v.tr. (also -ise). territorialization n. territorially adv.
Etymology
LL territorialis (as TERRITORY)
ROGET THESAURUS
territorial
Region
N region, sphere, ground, soil, area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle, reservation, pale, compartment, department, clearing, (property) &c 780 (Government), 1 arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march, patch, plot, parcel, inclosure, close, field, court, enclave, reserve, preserve, street, clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude, biosphere, lithosphere, territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional.Land
N land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma, continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese, delta, tongue of land, neck of land, isthmus, oasis, promontory, highland, coast, shore, scar, strand, beach, playa, bank, lea, seaboard, seaside, seabank, seacoast, seabeach, ironbound coast, loom of the land, derelict, innings, alluvium, alluvion, ancon, riverbank, river bank, levee, soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot, rock, crag, acres, real estate, landsman, earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian, alluvial, terrene, landed, predial, territorial, geophilous, ripicolous, ashore, on shore, on land.
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