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crown colony
noun
a British colony in which the crown has the entire control of legislation and administration, as distinguished from one having a constitution and representative government.
crown colony
noun
a British colony whose administration and legislature is controlled by the Crown
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of crown colony1
Example Sentences
I introduced this drink to Hong Kong in 1941 and believe it did more than any other single factor, except perhaps the Japanese Army to precipitate the Fall of that Crown Colony.
In 1846, the Treaty of Oregon established the 49th Parallel as the international boundary between America and the British Crown colony, exempting Vancouver Island.
Because Trinidad was still a crown colony at the time, my father actually entered Canada on a British passport.
It was given to Edward VII on his 66th birthday by the government of the Transvaal - a former British crown colony - in what is now South Africa.
Aden was officially declared a Crown Colony in 1937.
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