settler

set·tler

noun \ˈset-lər, ˈse-t^əl-ər\

Definition of SETTLER

: one that settles (as a new region)

Examples of SETTLER

1. <settlers learning to live in peace with the natives>
2. <in 1889 Jane Addams, in an effort to provide Chicago's latest wave of settlers with much-needed services, founded the city's first settlement house>

First Known Use of SETTLER

1696

Related to SETTLER

Synonyms: colonial, colonist, colonizer, homesteader, pioneer, frontiersman

Antonyms: nonimmigrant

Related Words: explorer, pathfinder, trailblazer; bushranger, mountain man, woodsman

Near Antonyms: aborigine, native; citizen, habitant, inhabitant, national, resident

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