colonial
🇺🇸
/kəˈləʊniəl/
🇬🇧
/kəˈləʊniəl/
adjective
C1
related to a country that rules another country
The colonial government made laws for the people.
R
from the time when the US was ruled by Britain
Colonial houses had simple designs.
noun
R
a person from a ruling country who lives in a colony
The colonial worked for the British company.
translation
related to a country that rules another country; from the time when the US was ruled by Britain
a person from a ruling country who lives in a colony
Word Forms
Plural
colonials