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colon

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nounmasculineslang
  1. colonist, colonizer, colonial settler
  2. camperchild in a colonie de vacances
  3. sharecropper in the system of colonat partiaire
  4. hillbilly, hick
  5. colonel

Used in the library

  • Les soldats et les colons ne trouvaient pas de femme pour se marier.The soldiers and the settlers could not find a wife to marry.A1Les Filles du Roy — The King's Daughters
  • Depuis le commencement de la nouvelle année, Maria était déjà venue trois fois entendre la messe à Saint-Henri-de-Taillon, que les gens du pays persistent à appeler la Pipe, comme aux jours héroïques des premiers colons.Since the beginning of the new year, Maria had already come three times to hear the Mass in Saint-Henri-de-Taillon, which the people of the country continue to call the Pipe, as in the heroic days of the first settlers.B1Maria Chapdelaine
  • Bien loin de songer à attaquer, les colons français ne se défendaient qu'avec peine.Far from thinking of attacking, the French settlers defended themselves only with difficulty.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
  • Mais son gouvernement avait fait exécuter un colon orangiste, Thomas Scott, et l'Ontario réclamait sa tête.But his government had had an Orangeman settler, Thomas Scott, executed, and Ontario was demanding his head.B2Louis Riel

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