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colonial definition

co·lo·nial (kə lō′nē əl)

adjective

  1. of or living in a colony or colonies
  2. 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

an inhabitant of a colony

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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