NATIONAL, adjective 1. Pertaining to a nation; as national customs, dress or language. 2. Public; general; common to a nation; as a national calamity. 3. Attached or unduly attached to ones own country. The writer manifested much national prejudice. He was too national to be impartial.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI