colonialist
Americannoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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A colonialist at heart, he is only truly at peace when subjugating, collecting and filing away.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2023
It had been in Europe since it had been taken by a German colonialist at the beginning of the last century.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023
The coronation itself was consciously stage directed to present the image of a modern and inclusive monarchy, one trying to shed its colonialist baggage.
From New York Times • May 6, 2023
Indigenous and African communities, in particular, have pressed institutions to reckon with their colonialist pasts and repatriate stolen or looted antiquities.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2023
He often incurred the hostility of ultra-imperialist and of colonialist alike, going too slow for the one and too fast for the other.
From The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Skelton, Oscar Douglas
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