Cōl'o-ny, n.

n. [Fr. colonie, Lat. colonia, from colonus, farmer, from colere, to cultivate, to dwell.] 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, or their descendants, so long as they remain in dependence on the mother country, 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. The country planted or colonized; a settlement.