COLONUS


Meaning of COLONUS in English

kəˈlōnəs noun

( plural colo·ni -ˌnī, -(ˌ)nē)

Etymology: Latin

: a free-born serf or tenant farmer 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

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