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| Main Entry: |
colonial
 [kuh-loh-nee-uhl] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pioneering, relating to a nonindependent or new territory |
| Synonyms: | crude, dependent, dominion, early American, emigrant, frontier, immigrant, new, outland, pilgrim, pioneer, prerevolutionary, primitive, provincial, puritan, territorial, transplanted, uncultured, unsettled, unsophisticated, wild |
| Antonyms: | modern, new |
| Main Entry: | colonist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | settler |
| Synonyms: | colonial, homesteader, pilgrim, pioneer |
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Example Sentences
- The church's handsome colonial façade is a little battered.
- Our metro stop brought us to the city square, ringed by buildings of various ages, many of which date to the colonial period.
- Equally important is the absoluteness of the old colonial treaties that was imposed by the colonial powers.
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