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colony
Part of speech: NounA body of people who leave their native country and settle in another land, but remain subject to the mother country; the country settled; a group like a colony.
Usage examples "colony":- The house you are going this night to visit, is a sort of colony we have established for whatever persons amongst us are in danger of blood- money. - "Pelham, Complete", Edward Bulwer-Lytton Last Updated: March 16, 2009.
- It was, therefore, resolved by them to send some of their number to America, as a colony. - "Stories of the Badger State", Reuben Gold Thwaites.
- The American colony itself became divided. - "Germany, The Next Republic?", Carl W. Ackerman.