Colonialist

[kuh-loh-nee-uh-liz-uh m] /kəˈloʊ ni əˌlɪz əm/

noun
1.
the control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people.
2.
the system or policy by which a nation maintains or advocates such control or influence.
3.
the state or condition of being .
4.
an idea, custom, or practice peculiar to a .
/kəˈləʊnɪəˌlɪzəm/
noun
1.
the policy and practice of a power in extending control over weaker peoples or areas Also called imperialism
n.

1813, from colonial + -ist; cf. colonist.
n.

1853, “ways or speech of colonial persons,” from colonial + -ism. Meaning “the system of colonial rule” is from 1886.

The control of one nation by “transplanted” people of another nation — often a geographically distant nation that has a different culture and dominant racial or ethnic group. (See ethnicity.)

Note: A classic example of colonialism is the control of India by Britain from the eighteenth century to 1947.

Note: Control that is economic and cultural, rather than political, is often called neocolonialism.