0 relating to a colony or colonialism -- 殖民地的；殖民主义的
1 a person from another country who lives in a colony, especially as part of its system of government -- （尤指来自宗主国的）殖民地居民
The present political system is a hangover from the colonial era.
These old buildings are the last vestiges of a colonial past.
In actual fact, return from the colonies to the metropole was a routine phenomenon, and returned colonials were familiar figures on the metropolitan landscape.
Young people blended old and new in ways that threatened the dominance of their elders, traditional rulers, colonials and missionaries alike.
American colonials were heirs to a long tradition saying that "the government of any state must form a nurturing bond with religious institutions".
Another group of colonials held a different view.
