0 from, existing in, serving, or responsible for a small area, especially of a country: --
1 a person who lives in the particular small area that you are talking about: --
2 a pub near to where a person lives, especially if they often go there to drink: --
The George is my local.
3 a train or bus that makes all or most of the stops along its route, allowing passengers to get on or off: --
the 12.24 local to Poughkeepsie
4 a division within a union representing people from a particular area --
5 from, existing in, or serving a particular place or small area: --
a local anesthetic
local government
the local newspaper
the local population
Schrijvers stresses the ' limits of communication ' : language barriers prevented rounded contacts with the locals.
In many borderland villages, social boundaries between locals and exchangees persisted, together with negative views about the other group.
What are the motivations of those involved in a dispute which pits the" locals" against the others?
The locals, 'almost all of whom belonged to the most humble social rank', were not people with whom communication was possible.
At this point there was a great push to hire locals for positions that could not be filled immediately by international staff.
Only rarely have these wages enabled locals to make substantial capital investments in land or productive machines.
Other locals were called on to act as a witness or as a legal representative of one of the spouses.
During the week, however, it still attracts a neighbourhood crowd, giving him access to a sampling of locals.
