settler

Noun

Meaning

One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc.

Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England.

That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest.

A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

colonist burgess explorer habitant boer emigrant peacemaker tabor nester cosmopolite hadji arrival colonial resident alien
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Antonyms

indian aboriginal freeman burgess Navajo Native American
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Hypernyms

clerk migrant negotiator negotiant treater migrator

Hyponyms

pilgrim nester pioneer squatter sourdough homesteader

Phrases with the word

frontier settler informal settler settler's clock settler colonialism

Anagrams

sterlet trestle letters Stelter Stetler

Examples

About the same distance northwest would take us across the river to Canada East and into the heart of Wright’s Town, named for the pioneer settler of Hull Township, Philemon Wright (just as canal builder Lt.-Col. Source: Internet

According to a native who identified himself as Msughter, an indigene had accosted the settler why he came to the river bank to mould blocks as the community leaders had forbidden people from moulding blocks in the area. Source: Internet

According to this literature, Canadian identity has been defined by a fear of nature, by settler history, and by unquestioned adherence to the community. Source: Internet

Almagro remained as an early settler in the newly founded city of Panama. Source: Internet

By 1832, the British settler population of the colony had reached around 1,500, and the official name of the colony was changed to Western Australia. Source: Internet

Charles Michel de Langlade is generally recognized as the first settler, establishing a trading post at Green Bay in 1745, and moving there permanently in 1764. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

settlementation Settlemire Settlemyre settler colonialism Settler of Catan settler's clock