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pa⋅tri⋅al

[pey-tree-uhl]
–noun British.
a native of any country who, by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent in Great Britain, has citizenship and residency rights there.

Origin:
1620–30; lit., pertaining to one's own country < L patri(a) native land (fem. n. from patrius, adj. der. of pater father ) + -al 1
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noun
a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent) 
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