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national noun
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/, /ˈnæʃ.nəl/ n [C usually plural] Definition
someone who officially belongs to a particular country
Thirty people, including six UK nationals, were killed in yesterday's plane crash.
All foreign nationals were advised to leave the country following the outbreak of civil war.
(Definition of national noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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