/tɛˌɹɪtɔˈɹiʌl/ - [teritoreeul] - ter•ri•to•ri•al
We found 14 definitions of territorial from 5 different sources.
NounPlural: territorials |
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territorial - a territorial military unit | ||
territorial reserve | ||
guard a position on a basketball team | ||
reserves, militia civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army | ||
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | ||
home reserve, national guard United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either | ||
territorial - nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit | ||
soldier a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony | ||
home reserve, national guard United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either | ||
territorial army British unit of nonprofessional soldiers organized for the defense of Great Britain | ||
Adjective |
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territorial - belonging to the territory of any state or ruler; "territorial rights" | ||
exterritorial, extraterritorial outside territorial limits or jurisdiction; "fishing in extraterritorial waters"; "enjoying exterritorial privileges and rights" | ||
jurisdictional restricted to the geographic area under a particular jurisdiction; "the jurisdictional limits of a state" | ||
regional related or limited to a particular region; "a regional dialect" | ||
territorial - displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders; "territorial behavior"; "strongly territorial birds" | ||
biological science, biology the science that studies living organisms | ||
territorial - of or relating to a territory; "the territorial government of the Virgin Islands"; "territorial claims made by a country" |