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View synonyms for settler

settler

[ set-ler, -l-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that settles. settle.
  2. a person who settles settle in a new country or area.


settler

/ ˈsɛtlə /

noun

  1. a person who settles in a new country or a colony
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of settler1

First recorded in 1590–1600; settle 1 + -er 1
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Example Sentences

But since most settler courts don’t, he argues that Indigenous treaties are a useful way to help protect nonhuman relatives.

From Salon

The West Bank - land between Israel and the River Jordan - is home to an estimated three million Palestinians and half a million Jewish settlers.

From BBC

In his executive order last month that stopped aid to South Africa, Trump alleged there was discrimination against the white Afrikaner minority, descendants of Dutch and French settlers.

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When the previous Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, forcibly removed a few thousand Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip in 2005, it was regarded as a national trauma by those on the Israeli right.

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In addition to the aid freeze, Trump offered to help refugees from the Afrikaner community, who are most white descendants of early Dutch and French settlers, to settle in the US.

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