Colonial

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Colonial \Co*lo"ni*al\, a. [Cf. F. colonial.]
     Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic,
     wars.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  colonial
       adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a
              colony
       2: of animals who live in colonies, such as ants
       3: composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole
          or colony; "coral is a colonial organism" [syn: {compound}]
       n : a resident of a colony