Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Colonial \Co*lo"ni*al\, a. [Cf. F. colonial.]
   Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic,
   wars.

Source : WordNet®

colonial
     n : a resident of a colony

colonial
     adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a
            colony
     2: of animals who live in colonies, such as ants
     3: composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole
        or colony; "coral is a colonial organism" [syn: {compound}]