/ 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