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☆ proprietary colony

any of certain North American colonies that were granted by the British Crown to an individual or group with full governing rights

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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