- 1connected with or belonging to a country that controls another country a colonial power Tunisia achieved independence from French colonial rule in 1956. Western colonial attitudes see colony
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- 2Colonial typical of or connected with the U.S. at the time when it was still a British colony life in colonial times the Colonial government of Vermont Colonial homes
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