"colonus" meaning in Latin

See colonus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /koˈloː.nus/ [Classical-Latin], [kɔˈɫ̪oːnʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /koˈlo.nus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [koˈlɔːnus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From the root of colō (“cultivate, till”) + -ō + -us. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*kʷel-}} Head templates: {{la-noun|colōnus<2>|f=colōna}} colōnus m (genitive colōnī, feminine colōna); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|colōnus<2>}} Forms: colōnus [canonical, masculine], colōnī [genitive], colōna [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], colōnus [nominative, singular], colōnī [nominative, plural], colōnī [genitive, singular], colōnōrum [genitive, plural], colōnō [dative, singular], colōnīs [dative, plural], colōnum [accusative, singular], colōnōs [accusative, plural], colōnō [ablative, singular], colōnīs [ablative, plural], colōne [singular, vocative], colōnī [plural, vocative]
  1. farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil Tags: declension-2 Categories (topical): Agriculture Synonyms (farmer): agricola, arātor
    Sense id: en-colonus-la-noun-cY8wBivK Disambiguation of Agriculture: 93 7 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'farmer': 100 0
  2. colonist, colonial, inhabitant Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-colonus-la-noun-h-wCcxSJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: colōna, colōnātus, colōnia, colōnicus
Related terms: agricola, colō, colōnārius, colōniārius, culta, cultē, cultiō, cultor, cultrīx, cultūra, cultus
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}

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