A person who lives in or near a given place.
It's easy to tell the locals from the tourists.
A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
In the local area; within a city, state, country, etc.
It's never been more important to buy local.
From Middle English local, from Late Latin locālis (“belonging to a place”), possibly also via Old French local; ultimately from Latin locus (“a place”). The ring-theoretic senses derive from Krull, w...
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I'm in the TWU, too. Local 6.