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<hw>Colo"nel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>colonel</ets>, It. <ets>colonello</ets>, prop., the chief or commander of a column, fr. <ets>colonna</ets> column, L. <ets>columna</ets>. See <er>Column</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.</def>

<h1>Colonelcy</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Colo"nel*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.</def>

<h1>Colonelship</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Colo"nel*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Colonelcy.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Coloner</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col"o*ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A colonist.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland</i>

<h1>Colonial</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Co*lo"ni*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>colonial</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a colony; <as>as, <ex>colonial</ex> rights, traffic, wars</as>.</def>

<h1>Colonical</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Co*lon"i*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>colonus</ets> husbandman.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to husbandmen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Colonist</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col"o*nist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A member or inhabitant of a colony.</def>

<h1>Colonitis</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col`o*ni"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Colitis</er>.</def>

<h1>Colonization</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col`o*ni*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>colonisation</ets>.]</ety> <def>Tha act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies.</def>

<blockquote>The wide continent of America invited <b>colonization</b>. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Colonizationist</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col`o*ni*za"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A friend to colonization, esp. <mark>(U. S. Hist)</mark> to the colonization of Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the United States.</def>

<h1>Colonize</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col"o*nize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Colonized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Colonizing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>coloniser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<blockquote>They that would thus <b>colonize</b> the stars with inhabitants. <i>Howell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Colonize</h1> <Xpage=279>

<hw>Col"o*nize</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony.</def>