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colony (iou)



colony noun. LME.
[Latin colonia farm, settlement, from colonus tiller, settler, from colere cultivate: see -Y3.]
I.
Roman History. A garrison settlement, usu. of veteran soldiers, in a conquered territory. LME.
A farm; a rural settlement. M16-M17.
Greek History. An independent city founded by emigrants L16.
II.
A settlement in a new country; a body of settlers forming a community fully or partly subject to the mother State; the territory of such settlers. M16.
Hobbes Colonies sent from England, to plant Virginia. S. Johnson A ship stored for a voyage to the colonies.
A community of animals or plants of one kind forming a physically connected structure or otherwise living in close proximity; the place of habitation of such a group. L17.
R. Dawkins Blackheaded gulls nest in large colonies. D. Attenborough Coral polyps..working together in colonies.
A body of people of a particular nationality or occupation in a city or country, esp. if living more or less in isolation or in a special quarter; a segregated group; the district, quarter, etc., inhabited by such a group. E18.
Time The Nudist colony on an island in the Seine.