colonial

About 31.71 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of or pertaining to a colony.
2. adjective Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony.
3. adjective Of or pertaining to the ideals of colonialism.
4. adjective Of or relating to the original Thirteen Colonies of the USA.
5. adjective Of or relating to the style of architecture prevalent at about the time of the Revolution.
6. adjective Tending to form colonies (especially of cells).
7. noun A person from a country that is or was controlled by another.
8. noun A house that is built in a style reminiscent of the period of the colonization of New England.

Similar words

compound complex colonialist colony colonialism imperialist colonisation imperialistic colonization imperialism

Often followed by

period office rule and government secretary times policy administration powers

Word family

Colonial Colonials colonialize colonialized colonializes colonializing colonially colonialness colonialnesses colonials