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comparative more colonial, superlative most colonial
Of or pertaining to a colony. examples
Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony. quotations examples
From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52
(US) Of or relating to the original Thirteen Colonies of the USA. examples
(US) Of or relating to the style of architecture prevalent at about the time of the Revolution. examples
Tending to form colonies (especially of cells). Synonym for colony-forming. examples
plural colonials
A person from a country that is or was controlled by another. quotations examples
None of them are, so to speak, idle men. Many of them are emigrants, not of the soil born and bred colonials.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 192
The rest of us had tea and finger sandwiches with members of the royal household, which was very elegant but hard on some of us ill-schooled colonials.
2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, page 150
(US) A house that is built in a style reminiscent of the period of the colonization of New England. examples