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proprietary colony

DEFINITIONS OF: proprietary colony

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n a colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century)

Type of:
colony, settlement
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
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