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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1533
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Colon, n. [L. colōnus.] A colonist, settler. —1533 Bell. Livy I. 65/7.
Mony of thame vnderstude the latyne toung as colonys of Romanis 1533 Ib. II. 96/32.
Remember … how ȝoure inemyis … has slane the colonis of Fidena
