#colony__settlement  a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
  supertype:  #body.group  a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"
  instance:  #Plymouth_Colony  #New_Netherland
  member:  #colonial
  subtype:  #frontier_settlement__outpost  a settlement on the frontier of civilization
  subtype:  #proprietary_colony__proprietarycolony  a colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century)

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