Definition of colony

• n. - A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America.
• n. - The district or country colonized; a settlement.
• n. - A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.
• n. - A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.