| 单词 | sister colony |
| 释义 | > as lemmassister colony sister colony n. now historical any British colony in North America, the Caribbean, or Australia considered in relation to another or others, as being similar or having a close relationship. ΚΠ 1732 Compar. Brit. Sugar Colonies & New Eng. 29 This I apprehend would be an honest Method of acquiring Wealth to themselves, and of being a useful Colony to Great Britain and to its Sister Colonies. 1854 H. Hussey Austral. Colonies i. 23 South Australia..produces sufficient grain to supply the whole population, and a surplus for export to the sister colony of Victoria. 1917 W. R. Riddell Constit. Canada in Hist. & Pract. Working i. 35 New Brunswick was in the same happy condition as its sister colonies. 2006 J. L. Wakelyn America's Founding Charters xxv. 467 The eighteenth-century story of Pennsylvania governance..repeated the pattern of its sister colonies. < as lemmas |
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