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columbian

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adj
  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to Christopher Columbus, an explorer who introduced greatly widened contacts between Eurasia and the Americas, or his life or time.not-comparable

    • Columbian contact [the events, from 1492 to 1504, that ended the precolumbian era]
    • This tradition of a colorblind slavery was carried on for a while at the beginning of the Columbian era when white slaves were introduced into the Americas.
  2. 2

    Of or from any of the places called Columbia.; American, from the United States of America.datednot-comparablepoetic

  3. 3

    Of or from any of the places called Columbia.; Misspelling of Colombian.alt-ofmisspellingnot-comparable

noun
  1. 1

    An inhabitant of any place called Columbia.; An American, a person from the United States of America.countabledatedpoetic

  2. 2

    An inhabitant of any place called Columbia.; Misspelling of Colombian.alt-ofcountablemisspelling

  3. 3

    A stamp from the Columbian Issue stamps.countableuncountable

  4. 4

    A size of type between English and great primer, standardized as 16-point.USdateduncountable

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