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.