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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun colony has 6 senses
- colony(n = noun.group) settlement - a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government; "the American colony in Paris" is a kind of body
- colony(n = noun.group) Array - a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together; Array is a kind of biological group
- colony(n = noun.location) Array - one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States; Array is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
- colony(n = noun.location) Array - a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated; "a nudist colony"; "an artists' colony" is a kind of place, property
- colony(n = noun.location) dependency - a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country; Array has particulars: crown colony, cayman islands, new netherland
- colony(n = noun.group) Array - (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell; Array is a kind of animal group
has particulars: frontier settlement, outpost, plantation, proprietary colony, demerara, calpe, gibraltar, rock of gibraltar, plymouth colony, new amsterdam
Derived forms adjective colonial1, verb colonise2, verb colonise1, noun colonist1, verb colonize2, verb colonize1
has parts: caste
Derived form adjective colonial2
is a part of america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa
has particulars: connecticut, delaware, georgia, maryland, massachusetts, massachusetts bay colony, new hampshire, new jersey, new york, north carolina, pennsylvania, rhode island, south carolina, virginia
Derived form noun colonist1
is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
Derived forms adjective colonial1, noun colonist1
CIDE DICTIONARY
colony, n. [L. colonia, fr. colonus farmer, fr. colere to cultivate, dwell: cf. F. colonie. Cf. Culture.].
- A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America. [1913 Webster]"The first settlers of New England were the best of Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and zealous lovers of liberty. There was never a colony formed of better materials." [1913 Webster]
- The district or country colonized; a settlement. [1913 Webster]
- a territory subject to the ruling governmental authority of another country and not a part of the ruling country. [PJC]
- A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris. [1913 Webster]
- A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range. [1913 Webster]
- A cell family or group of common origin, mostly of unicellular organisms, esp. among the lower algæ. They may adhere in chains or groups, or be held together by a gelatinous envelope. [PJC]
- A cluster or aggregation of zooids of any compound animal, as in the corals, hydroids, certain tunicates, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- A community of social insects, as ants, bees, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- a group of microorganisms originating as the descendents of one individual cell, growing on a gelled growth medium, as of gelatin or agar; especially, such a group that has grown to a sufficient number to be visible to the naked eye. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
colony, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a a group of settlers in a new country (whether or not already inhabited) fully or partly subject to the mother country. b the settlement or its territory.
2 a people of one nationality or race or occupation in a city, esp. if living more or less in isolation or in a special quarter. b a separate or segregated group (nudist colony).
3 Biol. a collection of animals, plants, etc., connected, in contact, or living close together.
1 a a group of settlers in a new country (whether or not already inhabited) fully or partly subject to the mother country. b the settlement or its territory.
2 a people of one nationality or race or occupation in a city, esp. if living more or less in isolation or in a special quarter. b a separate or segregated group (nudist colony).
3 Biol. a collection of animals, plants, etc., connected, in contact, or living close together.
Etymology
ME f. L colonia f. colonus farmer f. colere cultivate
THESAURUS
colony
adverse possession, ally, alodium, archduchy, archdukedom, army, ashram, body, body politic, buffer state, bunch, burgage, captive nation, caste, chieftaincy, chieftainry, city-state, claim, clan, class, commonweal, commonwealth, commune, community, country, county, de facto, de jure, dependency, derivative title, domain, dominion, drift, drive, drove, duchy, dukedom, earldom, economic class, empery, empire, endogamous group, extended family, family, fee fief, fee position, fee simple, fee simple absolute, fee simple conditional, fee simple defeasible, fee simple determinable, fee tail, feodum, feud, fiefdom, flock, frankalmoign, free city, free socage, freehold, gam, gang, gavelkind, gens, grand duchy, having title to, herd, hold, holding, host, kennel, kingdom, kinship group, knight service, land, lay fee, lease, leasehold, legal claim, legal possession, litter, mandant, mandate, mandated territory, mandatee, mandatory, moiety, nation, nationality, nuclear family, occupancy, occupation, order, original title, owning, pack, phratria, phratry, phyle, pod, polis, polity, possessing, possession, power, preoccupancy, preoccupation, prepossession, prescription, pride, principality, principate, property, property rights, proprietary rights, protectorate, province, puppet government, puppet regime, realm, republic, satellite, school, seisin, seneschalty, settlement, shoal, skulk, sloth, socage, social class, society, sovereign nation, squatting, state, subcaste, sublease, sultanate, superpower, tenancy, tenantry, tenure, tenure in chivalry, territory, title, toparchia, toparchy, totem, trip, troop, underlease, undertenancy, usucapion, villein socage, villeinhold, villenageROGET THESAURUS
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Location
N location, localization, lodgment, deposition, reposition, stowage, package, collocation, packing, lading, establishment, settlement, installation, fixation, insertion, habitat, environment, surroundings (situation), circumjacence, anchorage, mooring, encampment, plantation, colony, settlement, cantonment, colonization, domestication, situation, habitation, cohabitation, a local habitation and a name, endenization, naturalization, placed, situate, posited, ensconced, imbedded, embosomed, rooted, domesticated, vested in, unremoved, moored, at anchor.Inhabitant
N inhabitant, resident, residentiary, dweller, indweller, addressee, occupier, occupant, householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant, settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist, islander, denizen, citizen, burgher, oppidan, cockney, cit, townsman, burgess, villager, cottager, cottier, cotter, compatriot, backsettler, boarder, hotel keeper, innkeeper, habitant, paying guest, planter, native, indigene, aborigines, autochthones, Englishman, John Bull, newcomer, aboriginal, American, Caledonian, Cambrian, Canadian, Canuck, downeaster, Scot, Scotchman, Hibernian, Irishman, Welshman, Uncle Sam, Yankee, Brother Jonathan, garrison, crew, population, people, colony, settlement, household, mir, indigenous, native, natal, autochthonal, autochthonous, British, English, American, Canadian, Irish, Scotch, Scottish, Welsh, domestic, domiciliated, domiciled, naturalized, vernacular, domesticated, domiciliary, in the occupation of, garrisoned by, occupied by.
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