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adjective
- 1. relating to or characteristic of a colony or colonies: "British colonial rule"
- 2. (of animals or plants) living in colonies: "corals can be solitary or colonial"
noun
- 1. a native or inhabitant of a colony: "a rebellion by Dutch-speaking colonials"
- 2. a house built in colonial style: "the house was a 1903 colonial"
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The meaning of COLONIAL is of, relating to, or characteristic of a colony : having the status of a colony. How to use colonial in a sentence.
COLONIAL definition: 1. relating to a colony or colonialism: 2. Colonial furniture or buildings are in the style of a…. Learn more.
Colonial definition: of, concerning, or pertaining to a colony or colonies. See examples of COLONIAL used in a sentence.
COLONIAL meaning: 1. relating to a colony or colonialism: 2. Colonial furniture or buildings are in the style of a…. Learn more.
Colonial means relating to countries that are colonies, or to colonialism. ...the 31st anniversary of Jamaica's independence from British colonial rule. ...the colonial civil service.
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.
Definition of colonial adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
COLONIAL definition: relating to colonialism or a colony (= country controlled by another country): . Learn more.
You can use the word colonial to describe an inhabitant of a colony ruled by another country, but you wouldn’t call a painter living in an artists' colony a colonial. On the other hand, ants, which live in ant colonies, are colonial insects.
COLONIAL meaning: 1 : of or relating to a colony; 2 : owning or made up of colonies
