Colonial
[kə'ləʊnɪəl] or [kə'lonɪəl]
Definition
(noun.) a resident of a colony.
(adj.) composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony; 'coral is a colonial organism' .
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony .
(adj.) of animals who live in colonies, such as ants .
Editor: Nicolas--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.
Checker: Sondra
Examples
- The letter, then, is from a certain foreign potentate who has been ruffled by some recent Colonial developments of this country. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- If he could go in the suite of some Colonial Governor! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In 1840 New Zealand also was added to the colonial possessions of the British Crown. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In colonial times, every family made its own supply of soap, utilizing, for that purpose, household scraps often regarded by the housekeeper of to-day as worthless. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He had denounced the slave trade fiercely, and blamed the home government for interfering with colonial attempts to end it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The railway, the steamship, and the telegraphic cable were indeed changing all the conditions of colonial development. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He kept Macmurdo in cigars and sent over quantities of shells, cayenne pepper, hot pickles, guava jelly, and colonial produce to Lady Jane. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Doctor Mell (of Colonial Salem-House Grammar School, Port Middlebay) presided, and on his right sat the distinguished guest. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Nobody nowadays had Colonial houses except the millionaire grocers of the suburbs. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The Indian representative was, of course, sure to be merely a British nominee; the other four would be colonial politicians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These are sold in various patterns from the Colonial design, like the illustration shown (Fig. 11), to those patterned after the Grecian urn. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mr. Martyr, the Colonial Secretary, told him yesterday that it was made out. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The colonial legislature of Carolina offered prizes in 1775 for the first native-made pins and needles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Does it require for its satisfaction material and visible things such as land or houses, or is the holding, say, of colonial railway shares sufficient? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- We prospered, we traveled, we came back as rich colonials to England, and we bought country estates. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The country had risen behind the British; all the morning the colonials had been gathering. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Edited by Lizzie