crown colony

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   a British colony controlled by the British Crown, represented by a governor

   Broadercolony

Questions about crown colony

What does crown colony mean?

crown colony means "a British colony controlled by the British Crown, represented by a governor".

Is crown colony a common word?

crown colony is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.