[noun] a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government Synonyms:settlement
[noun] a group of animals of the same type living together
[noun] one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States Synonyms:Colony
[noun] a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country Synonyms:dependency
[noun] (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
