colonial

Pluralcolonials

1. 1
   adjective

   Connected to a colony, a place that is ruled by another country.

   The colonial government collected taxes from the islanders.

   Many colonial towns grew up around busy ports.

   Similarimperial

2. 2
   adjective

   Belonging to the time when a country was ruled as a colony.

   Many old buildings date back to colonial times.

   The town looked much the same in colonial days.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Supporting the idea that one country should rule and control others.

   Their colonial attitudes shaped how they treated local people.

   The speech was full of old colonial thinking about ruling other lands.

   Similarimperialist, imperial

   Oppositeanticolonial, anti-imperialist

4. 4
   nouncountable

   Someone who lives in or comes from a colony ruled by another country.

   The colonial sent letters home describing life in the new land.

   Many colonials returned to their home country after the war.

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5. 5
   adjectiveUS

   Belonging to America's first thirteen colonies, before the country became independent.

   We studied colonial America in history class.

   The colonial flag had thirteen stars.

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6. 6
   adjectiveUS

   Built in the style of homes from early America, around the time of independence.

   They bought a colonial house with white columns.

   The new homes were built in a colonial style.

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7. 7
   nounUScountable

   A house built to look like the older homes of early New England.

   They bought a two-story colonial on a quiet street.

   The colonial at the end of the road has green shutters.

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8. 8
   adjective

   Living or growing together in groups, like some very small living things.

   Like grapes growing in a bunch instead of one by one.

   Some colonial algae float together in green clumps.

   Many colonial organisms live joined together in one soft mass.

   Oppositesolitary

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