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Colonial

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Noun

1. colonial

a resident of a colony

Adjective

2. colonial

of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony

3. colonial

of animals who live in colonies, such as ants

4. colonial, compound

composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony

Example Sentences:
'coral is a colonial organism'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Colonial

see synonyms of colonial
adjective
1. 
of, characteristic of, relating to, possessing, or inhabiting a colony or colonies
2. (often capital)
characteristic of or relating to the 13 British colonies that became the United States of America (1776)
3. (often capital)
of or relating to the colonies of the British Empire
4. 
denoting, relating to, or having the style of Neoclassical architecture used in the British colonies in America in the 17th and 18th centuries
5. 
of or relating to the period of Australian history before Federation (1901)
6. 
(of organisms such as corals and bryozoans) existing as a colony of polyps
7. 
(of animals and plants) having become established in a community in a new environment
noun
8. 
a native of a colony

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Colonial

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adjective
1. 
of or living in a colony or colonies
2.  [often C-]
of the thirteen British colonies that became the U.S., or characteristic of the styles of their period
3. 
made up of or having colonies
noun
4. 
an inhabitant of a colony

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Colonial

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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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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