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colonus

colonus noun: a sharecropping tenant farmer of the late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages.

Noun

colonus (plural coloni)

  1. (historical) A sharecropping tenant farmer of the late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages.

Forms of colonus

pluralcoloni

Plural of colonus: coloni

Origin of colonus

Borrowed from Latin colōnus.

Questions about colonus

What does colonus mean?
Colonus means a sharecropping tenant farmer of the late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages.
What part of speech is colonus?
Colonus is a noun.
What is the plural of colonus?
The plural of colonus is coloni.

Words near colonus in the dictionary

  1. colonoscopy
  2. colonosphere
  3. colonospheres
  4. colons
  5. Colonsay
  6. colonus
  7. colony
  8. Colony and Dominion of Virginia
  9. colony collapse disorder
  10. colony counter
  11. colony counters

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