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colony

colony is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.The district or country colonized; a settlement.
  2. 2.A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.
  3. 3.(Nat. Hist.) A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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