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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Colony \Col"o*ny\, n.; pl {Colonies}. [L. colonia, fr colonus farmer, fr colere to cultivate, dwell: cf F. colonie. Cf {Culture}.] 1. A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as the British colonies in America. The first settlers of New England were the best of Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and zealous lovers of liberty. There was never a colony formed of better materials. --Ames. 2. The district or country colonized; a settlement. 3. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as the American colony in Paris. 4. (Nat. Hist.) A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.
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