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a person who settles in a new region
European colonials who built coffee plantations in East Africa
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Recent Examples of colonials
About 1870, pajamas surfaced in the Western world as sleeping attire for men, after returning British colonials brought back with them the pajamas worn in India.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Contemporary colonials have been popular for some time and continue attract buyers.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
The rest of the colonials quit the field, gathering at a tree line close by.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2025
Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Contemporary colonials have been popular for some time and continue attract buyers.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
The rest of the colonials quit the field, gathering at a tree line close by.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colonials
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Sibiu, Romania — A fusion of Romanian, German and Hungarian cultures, Sibiu’s architecture dates back to the Middle Ages and was built by German settlers.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
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Potatoes arrived in Europe later that century and in North America about half a century after that, with European settlers (though researchers in Utah have found residue of a wild potato on a tool dating back more than 10,000 years).—
Tamar Adler,
Vogue,
3 June 2026
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Stark Future is considered one of the pioneers in this segment with its Varg motocross and Varg EX enduro models.—
Utkarsh Sood
June 03,
New Atlas,
3 June 2026
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Even the pioneers of the city’s experimental-dance scene in the sixties and seventies, so open-minded and self-aware in some respects, mostly forgot to think about race.—
Marina Harss,
New Yorker,
3 June 2026
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The American origin story is rooted in the notion that George III was its vanquished villain, an irrational tyrant who oppressed the American colonists.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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Then, head next door to the Jamestown Settlement, also a living history museum, to view replicas of a 17th-century Indigenous village, James Fort, and the three ships the colonists sailed in from England.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
30 May 2026
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“Colonials.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonials. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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