colonial

4 definitions • 5 examples

relating to a colony or colonialism:

Turkey was once an important colonial power.

Various parts of Africa have suffered under colonial rule.

a colonial mentality

Colonial furniture or buildings are in the style of a period when a country was a colony:

colonial architecture

colonial-style houses

a person from another country who lives in a colony, especially as part of its system of government

involving a period of political control by a more powerful country.