colonial
adj
1 of, characteristic of, relating to, possessing, or inhabiting a colony or colonies
2 often cap characteristic of or relating to the 13 British colonies that became the United States of America (1776)
3 often cap 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
n
8 a native of a colony ♦
colonially adv
colonial experience
n (Austral. history) experience of farming, etc., gained by a young Englishman in colonial Australia
♦
colonial experiencer n
colonial goose
n (N.Z) an old-fashioned name for stuffed roast mutton
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