colonial ruler

collocation in English

meaningsofcolonialandruler

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colonial
adjective
uk
/kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/us
/kəˈloʊ.ni.əl/
relating to a colony ...
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ruler
noun[C]
uk
/ˈruː.lər/us
/ˈruː.lɚ/
the leader of ...
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(Definition ofcolonialandrulerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was said he was a typicalcolonialruler, idle, grumpy but generous to those who fawned upon him and recognised his greatness.
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French, the language of its formercolonialruler, is a unifying force.
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Changes incolonialrulerusually meant the continuation of local recruitment - often from the same sources.
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This is one of many instances where the colonial rulers chose to ignore their own rules when those did not subserve their hegemonic interests.
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This is not a run-of-the-mill account of local politics and the encounter between colonial rulers and their subjects.
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Although there was little the colonial rulers could do about the former (beyond ceding power), the unrepresentative nature of the local constabulary could certainly have been addressed.
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Many other tribes attempted to revolt against their colonial rulers.
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Although highland groups initially resisted their colonial rulers, by the end of the colonial era in 1953 they had been subdued.
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The influences of the missionaries and colonial rulers is evident today with order and structure within the village.
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Furthermore, sometimes colonial rulers argued that the ancestors of the colonized people did not make the artifacts.
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They were broken into these three countries by the colonial rulers interests.
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Some countries just across our borders had decided to do away with the institution of traditional leadership immediately after attaining independence from colonial rulers.
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When inter-group warfare was forbidden by colonial rulers, the islanders developed a unique, aggressive form of cricket.
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After many years of colonial rule the nations also saw no profits brought into their country since the sugar production was controlled by the colonial rulers.
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The fundamental decisions affecting the lives of the colonized people are made and implemented by the colonial rulers in pursuit of interests that are often defined in a distant metropolis.
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The feudal structure of the society began to crumble as new measures were adopted by the colonial rulers to strip the nobility of their rights and privileges.
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Portuguese colonial rulers called them balladares (singers).
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