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Definition of colonial adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

colonial

adjective
 
 
/kəˈləʊniəl/
 
/kəˈləʊniəl/
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  1.  
    connected 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 also colony
  2. (often Colonial)
     typical of or connected with the US at the time when it was still a British colony
    • life in colonial times
    • the Colonial government of Vermont
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