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TERRITORIAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A territorial military unit
Synonyms:
territorial; territorial reserve
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("territorial" is a kind of...):
guard (a military unit serving to protect some place or person)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "territorial"):
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)
Holonyms ("territorial" is a part of...):
militia; reserves (civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("territorial" is a kind of...):
soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Holonyms ("territorial" is a member of...):
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)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Belonging to the territory of any state or ruler
Example:
territorial rights
Classified under:
Similar:
jurisdictional (restricted to the geographic area under a particular jurisdiction)
regional (related or limited to a particular region)
sectional (related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of a territory or community or group of people)
Antonym:
extraterritorial (outside territorial limits or jurisdiction)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders
Example:
strongly territorial birds
Classified under:
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Antonym:
nonterritorial (not displaying territoriality)
Derivation:
territoriality (the behavior of a male animal that defines and defends its territory)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or relating to a territory
Example:
territorial claims made by a country
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)
Derivation:
territory (the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state)
territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)
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