Colonial (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. of, concerning, or pertaining to a colony or colonies: the colonial policies of France.
  2. of, concerning, or pertaining to colonialism; colonialistic.
  3. pertaining to the 13 British colonies that became the United States of America, or to their period.
  4. forming a colony.
  5. (initial capital letter)Architecture, Furniture.
    • noting or pertaining to the styles of architecture, ornament, and furnishings of the British colonies in America in the 17th and 18th centuries, mainly adapted to local materials and demands from prevailing English styles.
    • noting or pertaining to various imitations of the work of American colonial artisans.
noun
  1. an inhabitant of a colony.
  2. a house in or imitative of the Colonial style.
adjective
  1. of, characteristic of, relating to, possessing, or inhabiting a colony or colonies
  2. characteristic of or relating to the 13 British colonies that became the United States of America (1776)
  3. 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
  1. a native of a colony
Colonial (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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