colonise
verbUK /ˈkɒlənaɪz/ · US /ˈkɑlənaɪz/
1
Non-Oxford British standard spelling of colonize.
- “I sovereign, Lidia Thorpe, do solemnly and sincerely swear that I will be faithful and I bear true allegiance to the colonising her majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” she said.2022 August 1, Josh Butler, quoting Lidia Thorpe, “Australian senator calls the Queen a coloniser while being sworn in to parliament”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- Derived terms
- colonisable, colonisee, decolonise, uncolonise