national, subject: a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects" national: of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country; "national hero"; "national anthem"; "a national landmark" national: limited to or in the interests of a particular nation; "national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national policy" national: concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country; "the national government"; "national elections"; "of national concern"; "the national highway system"; "national forests" national: owned or maintained for the public by the national government; "national parks" 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" national: characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation; "a national trait" national: of or relating to nationality; "national origin"