Precolonial

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An inhabitant of an area before colonists first arrived.

    "After 1970 one no longer expected to find Tio whose parents had experienced the precolonial period, except for a few very old persons. Most people now were grandchildren of the precolonials."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to a historical period before colonization. not-comparable

Example

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"After 1970 one no longer expected to find Tio whose parents had experienced the precolonial period, except for a few very old persons. Most people now were grandchildren of the precolonials."

Etymology

From pre- + colonial.

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