colonial

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to a colony.
• Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony.
• Of or relating to the original Thirteen Colonies of the USA.
• Of or relating to the style of architecture prevalent at about the time of the Revolution.
• Tending to form colonies (especially of cells). Synonym for colony-forming.

Noun

• A person from a country that is or was controlled by another.
• A house that is built in a style reminiscent of the period of the colonization of New England.

Origin

• From colony + -al