coloner

English

Etymology

colony +‎ -er

Noun

coloner (plural coloners)

(obsolete) A colonist.
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book III.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, →OCLC:
  That multitude […] withdrew from the Romanes the allegeance of the Coloners and inhabitants there.

References

“coloner”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Coronel, coronel

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