1. (noun)national, subject a person who owes allegiance to that nation "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"
2. (adj)national of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country "national hero"; "national anthem"; "a national landmark"
3. (adj)national limited to or in the interests of a particularnation "national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national policy"
4. (adj)national concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entirenation or country "the national government"; "national elections"; "of national concern"; "the national highway system"; "national forests"
6. (adj)home(a), interior(a), internal, national inside the country "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"