provincial

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All the difference between a woman of Paris and a provincial was at once evident to Dinah's intelligent eye; she saw herself as her friend saw her--and Anna found her altered beyond recognition.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to a province.
  2. adjective Of or characteristic of people from the provinces; not fashionable or sophisticated: "Well-educated professional women ... made me feel uncomfortably provincial” (J.R. Salamanca).
  3. adjective Limited in perspective; narrow and self-centered.

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  1. from Middle English provinciall (n.); from Old French provincial. F. provincial = Provencal Spanish Portuguese provincial = Italian provinciale, from Latin provincialis, pertaining to a province, from provincia, a province: see province.
 

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