a body of settlers living in a new territory, often already occupied by an indigenous people, that is subject to control by the settlers’ parent state
the territory settled or controlled in this way
a group of individuals with common interests or origins living close together
an artists’ colony
the area occupied by such a group
a group of people segregated from the general public
a leper colony
a penal colony
a distinguishable localized population within a species
a colony of termites
a mass of micro-organisms, usu growing in or on a solid medium
all the units of a compound animal, e.g. a coral
(the colonies) all Britain's former territorial possessions overseas collectively
(the colonies) the thirteen established areas of British settlement in North America that became the original United States after independence