colonial

2 definitions found

colonial - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

colonial - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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: colonial,
         compound]
      n 1: a resident of a colony