Nā'tion-al, a.

(nāsh'un-al), a. [Fr. national, Sp. nacional, It. nacionale.]

1. Pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general; as, a national language, dress, custom, calamity, and the like.
2. Attached, especially to one's own country; devoted to the nation, as distinguished from other nations, or from parts or sections of the country; bigoted; as, too national to be fair or impartial.

National guards, the militia of the kingdom. [France.]