coloner
English
Etymology
colony + -er
Noun
coloner (plural coloners)
- (obsolete) A colonist.
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book III.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the VVorld. Commonly Called, The Natvrall Historie of C. Plinivs Secvndus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, OCLC 1180792622:
- That multitude […] withdrew from the Romanes the allegeance of the Coloners and inhabitants there.
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References
- coloner in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- Coronel, coronel