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Answer for the clue "(British) a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent) ", 7 letters:
patrial

Word definitions for patrial in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context grammar Latin of a noun English) Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile. 2 (context UK English) Relating to the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Patrial \Pa"tri*al\ (p[=a]"tr[i^]*al), a. [L. patria fatherland, country, fr. pater father.] (Lat. Gram.) Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile; -- said of a noun. -- n. A patrial noun. Thus Romanus, a ...

Usage examples of patrial.

A man had died mysteriously and nine of his countrymen had met together on the common ground of their patrial birth to decide how such a calamity had befallen him.