Meaning

3 senses
  1. A person from a country that is or was controlled by another.

  2. (US)A house that is built in a style reminiscent of the period of the colonization of New England.

  3. A coin or postage stamp issued by a colony.

    a resident of a colony

Examples

73 sentences
  1. The colonial wealth rested on trade.

  2. Algiers is known for its colonial buildings.

  3. Algeria inherited that from the colonial era.

  4. Algerians weren't treated justly by colonial France.

  5. Algiers is known for its colonial architecture.

Translations

1 languages

Forms

plural: colonials
Singularcolonial
Pluralcolonials

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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