colonus

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noun

A sharecropping tenant farmer of the late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages.

OriginLatin colōnus ← Proto-Italic *kʷelō ← Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti →
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Meanings

nouncolonus (plural coloni)

plural coloni

  1. historicalA sharecropping tenant farmer of the late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  4. Latincolō
  5. Latincolōnus
  6. Englishcolonus

Borrowed from Latin colōnus.

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APA

colonus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colonus

MLA

“colonus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colonus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colonus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colonus.

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