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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024co•lo•ni•al /kəˈloʊniəl/USA pronunciation adj. - Government of or relating to a colony or colonies:[before a noun]colonial expansion.
- American History of or relating to the 13 British colonies that became the United States of America, or to their period:[before a noun* often: Colonial]the Colonial legislatures.
n. [countable] - an inhabitant of a colony:colonials fighting for independence.
- Architecturea house in the Colonial style:a charming old Colonial.
co•lo•ni•al•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024co•lo•ni•al (kə lō′nē əl),USA pronunciation adj. - Governmentof, concerning, or pertaining to a colony or colonies:the colonial policies of France.
- Governmentof, concerning, or pertaining to colonialism;
colonialistic. - Ecology, American History(often cap.) pertaining to the 13 British colonies that became the United States of America, or to their period.
- [Ecol.]forming a colony.
- Architecture, Architecture, Furniture(cap.)
- noting or pertaining to the styles of architecture, ornament, and furnishings of the British colonies in America in the 17th and 18th centuries, mainly adapted to local materials and demands from prevailing English styles.
- noting or pertaining to various imitations of the work of American colonial artisans.
n. - Governmentan inhabitant of a colony.
- Architecturea house in or imitative of the Colonial style.
- colony + -al1 1770–80, American.
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