1
: one that settles something
a settler of disputes
2
: someone who settles in a new region or colony
the first settlers of New England
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Examples of settler in a Sentence
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
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In 1795, after 99 chiefs signed a treaty that opened Ohio to white settlers, the scouts were out of business.
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Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
Developing during the latter half of the 19th century, Hillside's first white settlers were almost entirely German immigrants, like many other neighborhoods in Milwaukee at the time.
—Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
Critics say settlement would also be a logistical nightmare, an enormous investment of military force to protect settlers.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
Buffalo are natural stewards of our environment Before European settlers hunted buffalo to near extinction, tens of millions of the wild animals lived across North America, shaping and contributing to the health of grassland ecosystems.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 29 May 2024
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Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
Developing during the latter half of the 19th century, Hillside's first white settlers were almost entirely German immigrants, like many other neighborhoods in Milwaukee at the time.
—Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
Critics say settlement would also be a logistical nightmare, an enormous investment of military force to protect settlers.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
Buffalo are natural stewards of our environment Before European settlers hunted buffalo to near extinction, tens of millions of the wild animals lived across North America, shaping and contributing to the health of grassland ecosystems.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 29 May 2024
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“Settler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settler. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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