colony

Definition

• n. a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
• n. a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
• n. one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
• n. a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

Word forms

Plural

colonies

Example sentences

1. n.

   The British colony in America eventually gained independence.

2. n.

   The scientist discovered a new colony of bacteria in the soil sample.