Usually means: British government department overseeing colonies.
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  1. Colonial Office: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Colonial Office: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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noun:  a former UK government ministry.
noun:  a government department of the Kingdom of Great Britain and later of the United Kingdom, first created in 1768 from the Southern Department to deal with colonial affairs in North America (particularly the Thirteen Colonies, as well as, the Canadian territories recently won from France), until merged into the new Home Office in 1782.


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