colonial
/kəˈloʊ.njəl/ adjective B2- Of or pertaining to a colony.
- Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony.
- Of or pertaining to the ideals of colonialism.
- Of or relating to the original Thirteen Colonies of the USA.
- Of or relating to the style of architecture prevalent at about the time of the Revolution.
- Tending to form colonies (especially of cells).
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The early colonial settlements functioned as an unprecedented linguistic crucible, bringing together extraordinarily disparate voices from across the British Isles.
Within a remarkably short temporal span, a distinct and relatively uniform colonial accent had successfully crystallized among the native-born youth.
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