colonial
IPA: kʌɫˈoʊniʌɫ
noun
- A person from a country that is or was controlled by another.
- (US) A house that is built in a style reminiscent of the period of the colonization of New England.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to a colony.
- Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony.
- (US) Of or relating to the original Thirteen Colonies of the USA.
- (US) Of or relating to the style of architecture prevalent at about the time of the Revolution.
- Tending to form colonies (especially of cells). Synonym for colony-forming.
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Examples of "colonial" in Sentences
- The days of colonialism are over.
- The effects of colonialism are debatable.
- Colonialism is the act of establishing and maintaining colonies.
- As a musicologist, he investigated the history of colonial music.
- Bullock wagons were important in the colonial history of Australia.
- The arrival of Europeans began the colonial history of the United States.
- Therefore, the term colonial is offensive to those peoples who have been liberated from imperialist oppression.
- First, the term colonial feminism carries a snide implication that this alleged brand of feminism somehow subjects women rather than frees them.
- A defiant Gaddafi repeated in a national address that he would arm civilians to defend Libya from what he called "colonial, crusader" aggression by western forces.
- They saw the dismantling of colonial rule through peaceful negotiation, except in Vanuatu; by the 1990s, only France and the U.S. remained colonial powers in the Pacific.
- [10] Seasoning was the term colonial Virginians used to refer to the sicknesses that affected new immigrants, black and white, to the colony, until they developed immunities.
- Even as his military was under siege, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi vowed to endure through a long war against what he called colonial crusader aggression by the international coalition.
- TUNIS Reuters - A defiant Muammar Gaddafi said on Saturday he will arm civilians to defend Libya from what he called "colonial, crusader" aggression by Western forces that have launched air strikes against him.
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