2 definitions
for colonial
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Colonial \Co*lo"ni*al\, a. [Cf. F. colonial.]
Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic,
wars.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
colonial
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a
colony
2: of animals who live in colonies, such as ants
3: composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole
or colony; "coral is a colonial organism" [syn: compound]
n : a resident of a colony