settler

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/ˈsɛt.lɚ/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

early, first, original

SETTLER + VERB

move in/into sth

The European settlers moved into the valley and established their first permanent homes there.

establish, found

Early European settlers established farming communities across the fertile valley during the 1800s.

PREP

~ from

Early colonists from England established the first permanent settlement in Virginia.

~ in

The first European settlers in Australia arrived by ship in 1788.

Definitions

noun

Someone who settles in a new location, especially one who takes up residence in a previously uninhabited place; a colonist.

the first settlers of New England

The law, which let settlers stay on private land if they had built there without knowing the property belonged to Palestinians or had done so at the state’s direction, was backed by Israel’s most right-wing governing coalition to date.

Someone who decides or settles something, such as a dispute.

That which settles or finishes, such as a blow that decides a contest.

The person in a betting shop who calculates the winnings.

A drink which settles the stomach, especially a bitter drink, often a nightcap.

[H]aving got out the rum bottle for a quiet “settler” just as the victim of his fascinations glided through the carefully adjusted door, he had been persuaded to go on drinking.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new count

colonist

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

the first settlers of New England

Wiktionary

It was the racist, settler colonialism that created whiteness, that created blackness, half-caste, quarter-caste, octoroon, that saw mixed-race people as a third race. […] This belief was one of the d

Wiktionary

You cannot create a settler state without the elimination of the natives.

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Ilan Pappe says that the Zionism is a settler colonial project.

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The United States itself is a settler colonialist state, according to Ilan Pappe.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, settler is marked as colloquial, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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