colonial

Etymology

From colony + -al.

adj

1. Of or pertaining to a colony.
2. Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony.
   From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away. 2013-06-08, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52
3. (US) Of or relating to the original Thirteen Colonies of the USA.
4. (US) Of or relating to the style of architecture prevalent at about the time of the Revolution.
5. Tending to form colonies (especially of cells). Synonym for colony-forming.

noun

1. A person from a country that is or was controlled by another.
   None of them are, so to speak, idle men. Many of them are emigrants, not of the soil born and bred colonials. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 192
2. (US) A house that is built in a style reminiscent of the period of the colonization of New England.