"crown colony" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crown colonies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} crown colony (plural crown colonies)
  1. (historical) A British colony ruled by a governor appointed by the monarch. Wikipedia link: crown colony Tags: historical Synonyms: royal colony Related terms: dominion, protectorate Translations (class of British colony): kroonikoloonia (Estonian), kruununsiirtomaa (Finnish), kronkoloni [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kronkoloni [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kronkoloni [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-crown_colony-en-noun-qTN4rHqm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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