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Meaning of colonus | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[kɔˈɫoː.nʊs]

Definitions

  1. farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil
    declension-2
  2. colonist, colonial, inhabitant
    declension-2

Equivalents

العربية قن
Čeština nevolník
Cymraeg taeog
Esperanto koloniano
עברית אריס מתנחל
Magyar jobbágy
Հայերեն ճորտ
Bahasa Indonesia kolonis
日本語 入植者 小作人 農奴 開拓者
한국어 농노
Kurdî şerb serf
Latina colona
Македонски кмет
Nederlands horige kolonist laat lijfeigene serf
ไทย ไพร่
Українська кріпосний
Tiếng Việt nông nô

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.

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