coloner
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
coloner (plural coloners)
- (obsolete) A colonist.
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book III.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, →OCLC:
- That multitude […] withdrew from the Romanes the allegeance of the Coloners and inhabitants there.
References edit
- “coloner”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.