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colonial
adjective as in pioneering, relating to a nonindependent or new territory
Example Sentences
Beloved in colonial America, hard cider lost favor in the mid-19th century as crisp lagers ascended; the temperance movement and Prohibition felled cider-apple trees.
The style was brought to Mumbai at a time when it was under colonial rule.
The clubhouse that still stands was completed in 1904, two years after the end of the Anglo-Boer War, when Britain emerged as the colonial power in South Africa.
While in school he attended Episcopal chapel; he completed his metamorphosis by marrying the scion of a prominent Milwaukee family that was established in colonial Virginia in the 17th century.
In 2022, Germany was the first country to return some of the famous Benin Bronzes to Nigeria in a bid to deal with its "dark colonial history".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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