settler
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noun \ˈset-lər, ˈse-təl-ər\Definition of SETTLER
: one that settles (as a new region)
See Examples of SETTLER
- <settlers learning to live in peace with the natives>
- <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
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