Obs. [f. F. colon or L. colōn-us + -ER.] = COLONIST.
1600. Holland, trans. Livy, III. iv. 90. That multitude … withdrew from the Romanes the allegeance of the Coloners and inhabitants there. Ibid. (1610), Camden’s Brit., I. 138. Part of it … they made over to coloners and new inhabitants.
