colonial
pronunciation
How to pronounce colonial in British English:
UK [kəˈləʊniəl]
How to pronounce colonial in American English:
US [kəˈloʊniəl]
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- Noun:
- a resident of a colony
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
- of animals who live in colonies, such as ants
- composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony
Word Origin
- colonial (adj.)
- 1756, from Latin colonia (see colony) + -al (1), or directly from colony on model of baronoinal. Meaning "from or characteristic of America during colonial times" is from 1776. The noun meaning "inhabitant of a colony" is recorded from 1865.
Synonym
Example
- 1. This home is a 1930 's colonial hawaiian home .
- 2. Colonial america was an exception to this feudal sclerosis .
- 3. It was the first anglican church established in colonial new england .
- 4. They also built atop the colonial legacy of heavy industry in manchuria .
- 5. The colonial government kept control of a critical resource : land .