colony

Definition

A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.

Etymology

From Middle English colane, colonye, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Doublet of Cologne, Colonia, and Köln.

Example Sentences

• "Much of the eastern United States was formerly a British colony; other areas were French, Spanish, Dutch, or Swedish colonies."
• "Bermuda is a crown colony of Great Britain."
• "And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That in every Town in the Colony, where Bread is Baken for Sale, there ſhall be Choſen one Clerk of the Market, or more, as each Town ſhall find needful, at their Annual Election of Town Officers, who ſhall duly be Engaged, to the faithful performance of ſaid Office, as other Town Officers are ;[…]"

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