Precolonial

Definitions

An inhabitant of an area before colonists first arrived.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“However, archaeological evidence also points to the likelihood of “direct⟳ jumps” by Saladoid migrants from South America to the northern Caribbean. It is easy to understand⟳ why these early precolonials were engaged in island-hopping.”

“The precolonials did not do it, and the moderns ought not to do it.”

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