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COLONIALIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does colonialist mean?
• COLONIALIST (noun)
The noun COLONIALIST has 1 sense:
1. a believer in colonialism
Familiarity information: COLONIALIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A believer in colonialism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("colonialist" is a kind of...):
believer; truster (a supporter who accepts something as true)
Derivation:
colonialism (exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country)
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