colonial

colonial
I. adjective Date: 1768 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a colony 2. often capitalized of or relating to the original 13 colonies forming the United States: as a. made or prevailing in America during the colonial period <
colonial architecture
>
b. adapted from or reminiscent of an American colonial mode of design <
colonial furniture
>
3. forming or existing in a colony <
colonial organisms
>
4. possessing or composed of colonies <
a colonial empire
>
colonialize transitive verbcolonially adverbcolonialness noun II. noun Date: 1798 1. a member or inhabitant of a colony 2. a. a product (as a coin or stamp) made for use in a colony b. a product exhibiting colonial style; especially often capitalized a house built in the neoclassical style of the American colonial period

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  • Colonial — Co*lo ni*al, a. [Cf. F. colonial.] Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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