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CROWN COLONY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Crown Colony mean?
• CROWN COLONY (noun)
The noun CROWN COLONY has 1 sense:
1. a British colony controlled by the British Crown, represented by a governor
Familiarity information: CROWN COLONY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A British colony controlled by the British Crown, represented by a governor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("Crown Colony" is a kind of...):
colony; dependency (a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country)
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