COLONUS


Meaning of COLONUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kə-ˈlō-nəs ]

noun

( plural co·lo·ni -ˌnī, -(ˌ)nē)

Etymology: Latin, literally, farmer

Date: 1857

: a free-born serf in the later Roman Empire who could sometimes own property but who was bound to the land and obliged to pay a rent usually in produce

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.