colonial

 
Pronunciation: /kəˈləʊnɪəl/

adjective

  • 1relating to or characteristic of a colony or colonies: British colonial rule colonial expansion
  • denoting a predominantly neoclassical style of architecture characteristic of the period of the British colonies in America before independence, featuring a modification of the Queen Anne style: beautiful colonial villages of New Hampshire a big, white, colonial church
  • 2(of animals or plants) living in colonies: corals can be solitary or colonial

noun

  • 1a native or inhabitant of a colony: a rebellion by Dutch-speaking colonials
  • 2a house built in colonial style: the house was a 1903 colonial

Derivatives

colonially

adverb