settler
noun
set·tler
ˈse-tᵊl-ər 
ˈset-lər
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
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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Nearby is an antique wooden bench carved with angels in the Baroque style that arose from Minas state’s Gold Rush—an oblique reference to the golden light that floods terraces, and perhaps to the sensation here of being among Brazil’s first settlers.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Prominent Palestinian activist, Awdah Alhathaleen, who worked on the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, was shot dead during a settler attack last year.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Much of this influence played a role in what would become the dialect of the South more generally as Scots Irish settlers and their descendants spread into the backcountry of the Upper and, a bit later, the Lowland South.
—Valerie Fridland, Big Think, 21 Apr. 2026
The removal came after the Indian Removal Act was passed and signed by President Andrew Jackson in 1830, as gold was discovered on Cherokee land and white settlers jockeyed for more acreage.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 21 Apr. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Prominent Palestinian activist, Awdah Alhathaleen, who worked on the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, was shot dead during a settler attack last year.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Much of this influence played a role in what would become the dialect of the South more generally as Scots Irish settlers and their descendants spread into the backcountry of the Upper and, a bit later, the Lowland South.
—Valerie Fridland, Big Think, 21 Apr. 2026
The removal came after the Indian Removal Act was passed and signed by President Andrew Jackson in 1830, as gold was discovered on Cherokee land and white settlers jockeyed for more acreage.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 21 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for settler
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“Settler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settler. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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