coloner

English

Etymology

colony +‎ -er

Noun

coloner (plural coloners)

(obsolete) A colonist.
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book III.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the VVorld. Commonly Called, The Natvrall Historie of C. Plinivs Secvndus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, OCLC 1180792622:
  That multitude […] withdrew from the Romanes the allegeance of the Coloners and inhabitants there.

References

coloner in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Coronel, coronel

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