English Explanatory Dictionary

colonial empire

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A collective of territories that are either contiguous with the imperial center or located overseas, and settled by the population of a certain state and governed by that state.

Word forms

colonial empire colonial empires

Related words

global empire
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