Meaning of colonus | Babel Free
[kɔˈɫoː.nʊs]Definitions
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farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil declension-2
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colonist, colonial, inhabitant declension-2
Equivalents
Examples
“frūgibus immēnsīs avidōs satiāte colōnōs,”
Satisfy eager farmers with abundant crops, that they may reap rewards worthy of their labors.
“Colonos novos ascribere.”
To appoint new inhabitants.
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See also
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