nationals
- 1Plural of national.
The embassy helped its nationals leave the country during the crisis.
Several Canadian nationals were among the rescued passengers.
Note
A plural that does more work than its singular. Besides citizens of a state, it is the normal form for a nationwide tournament (she qualified for nationals) and for the national newspapers taken together. In Australian and New Zealand politics, the Nationals, capitalized, are members of the National Party. Context sorts them out: an embassy's nationals are people, while a team's nationals is a competition.
nationals is a form of national
national, noun: A person legally recognized as belonging to a particular country, usually a citizen, especially one living or working abroad. Full entry
- Forms
- nationalnationals plural
- Spelling
- national → nationals: add -s
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