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colonial

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co·lo·ni·al  (k-ln-l)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, possessing, or inhabiting a colony or colonies.
2. often Colonial
a. Of or relating to the 13 British colonies that became the original United States of America.
b. Of or relating to the colonial period in the United States.
3. often Colonial Of, relating to, or being a style of architecture and furniture prevalent in the American colonies just before and during the Revolution.
4. Living in, consisting of, or forming a colony: colonial organisms.
n.
1. An inhabitant of a colony.
2. A house designed in an architectural style reminiscent of the one prevalent in the American colonies just before and during the Revolution.

co·loni·al·ly adv.

colonial [kəˈləʊnɪəl]
adj
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, characteristic of, relating to, possessing, or inhabiting a colony or colonies
2. (Historical Terms) (often capital) characteristic of or relating to the 13 British colonies that became the United States of America (1776)
3. (Historical Terms) (often capital) of or relating to the colonies of the British Empire
4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) denoting, relating to, or having the style of Neoclassical architecture used in the British colonies in America in the 17th and 18th centuries
5. (Historical Terms) of or relating to the period of Australian history before Federation (1901)
6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of organisms such as corals and bryozoans) existing as a colony of polyps
7. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (of animals and plants) having become established in a community in a new environment
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a native of a colony
colonially  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.colonial - a resident of a colony
colony, settlement - a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government; "the American colony in Paris"
occupant, occupier, resident - someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
Adj.1.colonial - of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
2.colonial - of animals who live in colonies, such as ants
3.colonial - composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony; "coral is a colonial organism"
zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals
complex - complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs"
Translations
colonial [kəˈləʊnɪəl]
A. ADJcolonial
the colonial powerel poder colonizador
B. Ncolono m

colonial [kəˈləʊniəl] adj
[rule, economy] → colonial(e)
(US) [style, house] → colonial(e)

colonial
adjKolonial-, kolonial; colonial architectureKolonialstil m; colonial typeTyp mdes Herrenmenschen (iro)
nBewohner(in) m(f)einer Kolonie/der Kolonien

colonial [kəˈləʊnɪəl] adjcoloniale; (architecture) → di stile coloniale
colonial [kəˈləʊnɪəl] adjcoloniale; (architecture) → di stile coloniale

colonial


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When my convivial host discovered that he had told me so much, and that I was prone to doubtfulness, his foolish pride assumed the task the old vintage had commenced, and so he unearthed written evidence in the form of musty manuscript, and dry official records of the British Colonial Office to support many of the salient features of his remarkable narrative.
Among those of his relations who professed the modern faith of heredity it was well understood that in him the character of the late Myron Bayne, a maternal great-grandfather, had revisited the glimpses of the moon--by which orb Bayne had in his lifetime been sufficiently affected to be a poet of no small Colonial distinction.
Until the whale fishery rounded Cape Horn, no commerce but colonial, scarcely any intercourse but colonial, was carried on between Europe and the long line of the opulent Spanish provinces on the Pacific coast.
 
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