provincials

Canada with ease, thought only of keeping out of Montcalm's way, pleading in excuse that they feared to trust the "provincials" -- who had thus far done all the fighting that had been done, and won all the successes.

The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Julian Hawthorne 1890

General James Wolfe who was regarded almost as a military saint had called the provincials the dirtiest, most contemptible, cowardly dogs you can conceive.

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

General James Wolfe who was regarded almost as a military saint had called the provincials the dirtiest, most contemptible, cowardly dogs you can conceive.

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

"But the provincials were the last to leave the field at Ticonderoga."

Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59

"We Occidentals," said Martin Decoud, using the usual term the provincials of Sulaco applied to themselves,

Nostromo: a Tale of the Seaboard 1904

The great bulk of the population still consisted of the conquered provincials, that is to say, of Romanized Celts, of a Gallic race which had long been under the dominion of the Cæsars, and had acquired, together with no slight infusion of Roman blood, the language, the literature, the laws, and the civilization of Latium.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Rossiter Johnson 1885

Among the provincials was a partisan of great repute, of the name of Rogers.

Satanstoe James Fenimore Cooper 1820

The most wealthy of the provincials will be attracted by the powerful motives of interest and duty, of amusement and curiosity.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Italy gave fashions, as well as laws, to her Latin provincials.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Mignon returned to the salon, and Modeste, having received a last bow from the two friends as the carriage turned, went back to her seat, a weighty discussion took place, such as provincials invariably hold over Parisians after a first interview.

Modeste Mignon 2007