COLONIAL Definition & Meaning

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colonial

[ kuh-loh-nee-uhl ]

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adjective

of, concerning, or pertaining to a colony or colonies:
the colonial policies of France.
of, concerning, or pertaining to colonialism; colonialistic.
(often initial capital letter) pertaining to the 13 British colonies that became the United States of America, or to their period.
Ecology. forming a colony.
(initial capital letter) Architecture, Furniture.
1. noting or pertaining to the styles of architecture, ornament, and furnishings of the British colonies in America in the 17th and 18th centuries, mainly adapted to local materials and demands from prevailing English styles.
2. noting or pertaining to various imitations of the work of American colonial artisans.

noun

an inhabitant of a colony.
a house in or imitative of the Colonial style.

colonial

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adjective

of, characteristic of, relating to, possessing, or inhabiting a colony or colonies
often capital characteristic of or relating to the 13 British colonies that became the United States of America (1776)
often capital of or relating to the colonies of the British Empire
denoting, relating to, or having the style of Neoclassical architecture used in the British colonies in America in the 17th and 18th centuries
of or relating to the period of Australian history before Federation (1901)
(of organisms such as corals and bryozoans) existing as a colony of polyps
(of animals and plants) having become established in a community in a new environment

noun

a native of a colony

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Derived Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of colonial¹

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80; colony + -al ¹

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Similarly, the British’s colonial control of the region is now a thing of the past.

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Boualem Sansal was arrested last year after saying in an interview with a far-right French media outlet that, during the colonial era, France gave too much land to Algeria and too little to Morocco.

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All four countries have severed ties with former colonial power France and forged new alliances with Russia.

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Double-crested cormorants are colonial nesters, meaning they build nests close together, usually in large numbers, and in elevated areas near water as their diet consists of various fish, according to the National Park Service.

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Belgium, which is the former colonial power, has said it will respond to these measures and labelled Rwanda's decision "disproportionate".

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