COLONIAL


Meaning of COLONIAL in English

/ kəˈləʊniəl; NAmE -ˈloʊ-/ adjective , noun

■ adjective

1.

connected with or belonging to a country that controls another country :

a colonial power

Tunisia achieved independence from French colonial rule in 1956.

Western colonial attitudes

—see also colony

2.

(often Colonial ) typical of or connected with the US at the time when it was still a British colony :

life in colonial times

■ noun

a person who lives in a colony and who comes from the country that controls it :

British colonials in India

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.