colonial
co·lo·nial (kə lō′nē əl)
adjective
- of or living in a colony or colonies
- of the thirteen British colonies that became the U.S., or characteristic of the styles of their period
- made up of or having colonies
noun
an inhabitant of a colony
colonial
modif.
Concerning a colony
pioneer, isolated, dependent, planted, transplanted, settled, provincial, frontier, imperial, imperialist, pre-Revolutionary, Pilgrim, emigrant, immigrant, territorial, outland, pioneering, daughter, mandated, early American, overseas, protectoral, Puritan, dominion, Anglo-Indian, subject; see also distant 2, remote 1.Having qualities suggestive of colonial life
pioneer, hard, raw, crude, harsh, wild, unsettled, limited, uncultured, new, unsophisticated; see also primitive 3, severe 2.
Converse of object
- have: Mike also took us around small towns that had that distinct colonial feel to them.
- include: Volume one includes the colonial and independence eras up to 1850.
Adjective modifier
- French: On 8th April 1945, the French colonial Army entered the town.
- British: The Foreign Office announced they are ready to evacuate 20,000 British colonials from Zimbabwe.
- late: This said, one of the peculiarities of late colonial Brazil was the prevalence of the institution of slavery.
- old: It was all built be this one very proud man who showed us his 40m2 model of old town colonial Quito.
- European: The other regions of Europe also have substantial cultural treasures, in part as a result of the European colonial and imperial history.
- Spanish: Packed with Spanish colonial... Five things to do in Ecuador 1. Sample Ecuadorian cuisine.
Modifies a noun
- empire: Already Sir Walter Raleigh had sent settlers to America, opening the way for a great colonial empire.
- era: During colonial era most cities were named to match the tongue flexing capabilities of the settlers.
- conquest: There was a surplus of capital that found outlets but led to colonial conquest and two world wars.
- outpost: Then work begins on establishing Bush's permanent colonial outpost.
- architecture: In Cuba 17th century Spanish colonial architecture mixes with post-war Russian inspired buildings.
Used with adjective complement
- become: It was highly successful and within a generation the production of rum became colonial New England's largest and most prosperous industry.
Noun used with modifier
- post: This was a period of great political activity in the Caribbean as the countries begun their post colonial journey.
- century: The Blair government must stop acting like 19th century colonial rulers.
- semi: In a number of colonial and semi colonial countries sections of the Fourth International already exist and are making successful progress.
Modifying Another Word
- not: It's not colonial or occupying power; it's fully integrated with its place and its peoples.
But we live like our names and you would have to be colonial to know the difference, to know the pain of history words contain.
The military struggle may frankly be regarded for what it actually was, namely a war for independence, an armed attempt to impose the views of the revolutionists on the British government and large sections of the colonial populationat whatevercosttofreedomofopinionor the sanctity of life and property.
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