A term most commonly used to denote a settlement of the subjects of a sovereign state in lands beyond its boundaries, owning no allegiance to any foreign power, and retaining a greater or lesser degree of dependence on the mother country
one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
"A settlement in a new country; a body of people who settle in a new locality, forming a community subject to or connected with their parent state; the community so formed, consisting of the original settlers and their descendants and successors, as long as the connexion with the parent state is kept up " (Oxford English dictionary at the Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia)
a student organization in the final stage prior to being installed as a chartered chapter of a Greek organization
{i} group of people who have settled in a new country and who are still subject to the mother country; country or location subject to the mother country; commune, group of people which are joined by a shared interest and often live together; group of animals or plants which live together; group of insects which live together; group of ants which lives in a large community