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Colony

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.

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Broader term 3

Body 76% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Property 76% connected

That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as,…

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Outpost 76% connected

A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy.

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Plantation 76% connected

The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth.

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Colonial 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.

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Colonial 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.

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Colonize 74% connected

To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in.

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Colonize 74% connected

To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in.

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Settler 74% connected

One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc.

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Settler 74% connected

One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc.

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Component part 1

Caste 70% connected

One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.

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Member part 1

Colonial 70% connected

Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.

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Synonym 2

Dependency 92% connected

State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Settlement 92% connected

The act of setting, or the state of being settled.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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