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colon.

colonist, colonizer, colonial settler

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɔ.lɔ̃/
  1. colonist, colonizer, colonial settler

    masculine
  2. camper (child in a colonie de vacances)

    masculine
  3. sharecropper in the system of colonat partiaire

    masculine
  4. hillbilly, hick

    Canada · masculine · vulgar
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin colōnus.

noun/kɔ.lɔ̃/
  1. colonel

    masculine · slang
Where this word comes from

Abbreviation of colonel.

noun
  1. misspelling of côlon

    alt-of · misspelling
Where this word comes from

See côlon.

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