COLONY

Definitions

1. 1. 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. The first settlers of New England were the best of Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and zealous lovers of liberty. There was never a colony formed of better materials. Ames.
2. 2. The district or country colonized; a settlement.
3. 3. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.
4. 4. A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.