plymouth colony
(Plymouth Colony)
Princeton's WordNet
colony formed by the Pilgrims when they arrived at Plymouth Rock in 1620; it was absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691
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new netherland
(New Netherland)
Princeton's WordNet
a Dutch colony in North America along the Hudson and lower Delaware rivers although the colony centered in New Amsterdam; annexed by the English in 1664
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kafir
Webster Dictionary
one of a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen, inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of Cape Colony, the name being now specifically applied to the tribes living between Cape Colony and Natal; but the Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs
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metropolis
(ɪˈtrɒp ə lɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the mother city or parent state of a colony, esp. of an ancient Greek colony.
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colonies
Webster Dictionary
of Colony
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colonist
Webster Dictionary
a member or inhabitant of a colony
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plantation
Webster Dictionary
an original settlement in a new country; a colony
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colonizer
Webster Dictionary
one who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist
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rookery
Webster Dictionary
the breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves
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gonosome
Webster Dictionary
the reproductive zooids of a hydroid colony, collectively
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colonize
Webster Dictionary
to remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony
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constantia
Webster Dictionary
a superior wine, white and red, from Constantia, in Cape Colony
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colonization
Webster Dictionary
the act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies
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colonial
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars
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settler
Webster Dictionary
especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England
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felonry
Webster Dictionary
a body of felons; specifically, the convict population of a penal colony
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plant
Webster Dictionary
to furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony
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stock
Webster Dictionary
in tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (see Person), as trees, chains of salpae, etc
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colonize
Webster Dictionary
to plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in
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settlement
Webster Dictionary
the act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country
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colony
Webster Dictionary
a company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris
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establish
Webster Dictionary
to originate and secure the permanent existence of; to found; to institute; to create and regulate; -- said of a colony, a state, or other institutions
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colonial
(colonial)
Princeton's WordNet
a resident of a colony
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warren
(warren)
Princeton's WordNet
a colony of rabbits
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decolonize
(decolonize, decolonise)
Princeton's WordNet
grant independence to (a former colony)
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decolonise
(decolonize, decolonise)
Princeton's WordNet
grant independence to (a former colony)
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colonizer
(colonizer, coloniser)
Princeton's WordNet
someone who helps to found a colony
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coloniser
(colonizer, coloniser)
Princeton's WordNet
someone who helps to found a colony
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dependency
Webster Dictionary
a territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America
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meride
Webster Dictionary
a permanent colony of cells or plastids which may remain isolated, like Rotifer, or may multiply by gemmation to form higher aggregates, termed zoides
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