noun
Usage: often capitalized 1st C
: one of the three British colonies in America (Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island) governed by royal charter without direct interference from the crown — compare proprietary colony , royal colony
noun
Usage: often capitalized 1st C
: one of the three British colonies in America (Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island) governed by royal charter without direct interference from the crown — compare proprietary colony , royal colony
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012