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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The Palestinian town is next to a ramshackle Israeli settler outpost known as Evyatar.
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Mick Krever, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
The Ralph Lauren children’s store opened in the summer of 2007 in the oldest surviving building in East Hampton, and contains the framework of a 16th-century settler’s home.
—Booth Moore, WWD, 5 Sep. 2024
Ten years later, two other early hillside settlers, W.S. Keyes and Frederick Hess, were awarded gold and bronze medals, respectively, for their Howell Mountain wines.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2024
Of the 628 Palestinians killed in the West Bank between Oct. 7 and Aug. 27, according to the U.N.’s human rights office, 11 were killed by settlers; a further eight were killed by either settlers or Israeli security forces in joint attacks.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 3 Sep. 2024
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Mick Krever, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
The Ralph Lauren children’s store opened in the summer of 2007 in the oldest surviving building in East Hampton, and contains the framework of a 16th-century settler’s home.
—Booth Moore, WWD, 5 Sep. 2024
Ten years later, two other early hillside settlers, W.S. Keyes and Frederick Hess, were awarded gold and bronze medals, respectively, for their Howell Mountain wines.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2024
Of the 628 Palestinians killed in the West Bank between Oct. 7 and Aug. 27, according to the U.N.’s human rights office, 11 were killed by settlers; a further eight were killed by either settlers or Israeli security forces in joint attacks.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Settler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settler. Accessed 13 Sep. 2024.
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