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proprietary colony

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables
pro-pri-etary -colony
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century)

Questions

What does proprietary colony mean?
a colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century)

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