Co*lo"ni*al (?), a. [Cf. F. colonial.] Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.
Co*lon"i*cal (?), a. [L. colonus husbandman.] Of or pertaining to husbandmen. [Obs.]
Col"o*nist (?), n. A member or inhabitant of a colony.
||Col`o*ni"tis (?), n. (Med.) See Colitis.
Col`o*ni*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. colonisation.] The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies.
The wide continent of America invited colonization.
Bancroft.
Col`o*ni*za"tion*ist, n. A friend to colonization, esp. (U. S. Hist) to the colonization of Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the United States.
Col"o*nize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Colonizing.] [Cf. F. coloniser.] To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in. Bacon.
They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants.
Howell.
Col"o*nize, v. i. To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan.
Col"o*ni`zer (?), n. One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist. Bancroft.
Col`on*nade" (?), n. [F. colonnade, It. colonnata, fr. colonna column. See Colonel.] (Arch.) A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.
&fist; When in front of a building, it is called a portico; when surrounding a building or an open court or square, a peristyle.
Col"o*ny (?), n.; pl. Colonies (#). [L. colonia, fr. colonus farmer, fr. colere to cultivate, dwell: cf. F. colonie. Cf. Culture.] 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.