noun the district or country colonized; a settlement.
2. colony ·add. ·noun a community of social insects, as ants, bees, ·etc.
3. colony ·noun a number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.
4. colony ·noun a company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the american colony in paris.
5. colony ·add. ·noun a cluster or aggregation of zooids of any compound animal, as in the corals, hydroids, certain tunicates, ·etc.
6. colony ·noun a company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the british colonies in america.
7. colony ·add. ·noun a cell family or group of common origin, mostly of unicellular organisms, ·esp. among the lower algae. they may adhere in chains or groups, or be held together by a gelatinous envelope.