precolonial
About 0.30 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Of or pertaining to a historical period before colonization.
- noun An inhabitant of an area before colonists first arrived.
Similar words
pre-colonial preclassical preimperial preindustrial premodern precontact preconquest prenational precolonized preconquered
Often followed by
times period africa and african era history past societies state
Word family
pre-colonial
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