Thesaurus: colony

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1. n. A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America.
2. n. The district or country colonized; a settlement.
3. n. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.
4. n. A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.
5. 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
6. n. a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
7. n. a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
8. n. a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
9. n. (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
10. n. one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
11. 1. A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America. The first settlers of New England were the best of Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and zealous lovers of liberty. There was never a colony formed of better materials. Ames. 2. The district or country colonized; a settlement. 3. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris. 4. (Nat. Hist.) A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.
12. A number of animals or plants living or growing together,beyond their usual range.