Colonus
[kuh-loh-nuh s] /kəˈloʊ nəs/
noun, plural coloni
[kuh-loh-nahy, -nee] /kəˈloʊ naɪ, -ni/ (Show IPA)
1.
a serf in the latter period of the Roman Empire or in the early feudal period.
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