First Known Use: 1857
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colonus
noun co·lo·nus \kə-ˈlō-nəs\
plural co·lo·ni\-ˌnī, -(ˌ)nē\
Definition of COLONUS
: a tenant farmer in the later Roman Empire who was bound to the land and obliged to pay a rent usually in produce
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Origin of COLONUS
Latin, literally, farmer
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