1. Territoire occupé. Colonie africaine.
2. Groupe. Colonie d'insectes.
3. Établissement. Colonie de vacances.
ETYM French camp, Italian campo, from Latin campus plant, field; akin to Greek kepos garden. Related to Campaign, Champ.
1. Temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers.
2. Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; SYN. encampment, cantonment, bivouac.
3. A site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months; SYN. summer camp.
4. Something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality.
5. A prison for forced laborers.
6. A group of people living together in a camp.
Behaving in an exaggerated and even self-parodying way, particularly in female impersonation and among homosexuals. The British entertainers Kenneth Williams (1926–1987) and Julian Cleary and the Australian Barry Humphries have used camp behavior to comic effect.
ETYM Latin colonia, from colonus farmer, from colere to cultivate, dwell: cf. French colonie. Related to Culture.
1. A group of animals of the same type living together.
2. A body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; SYN. settlement.
3. (Microbiology) A group of organisms grown from a single parent cell.