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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Island habitats are particularly vulnerable to invasive species, often brought by human settlers, Wiens said, and not necessarily representative of a broader extinction risk.
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
The fair dates back to the eighteen-fifties, and was conceived as a showcase of the state’s flourishing agriculture, meant to attract settlers who might have otherwise continued to California.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The reports come even though in July 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in its advisory opinion, decided, by fourteen votes to one, that the State of Israel is under an obligation to cease immediately all new settlement activities, and to evacuate all settlers from the OPT.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The war in Gaza has sparked a surge of violence in Israel and the occupied West Bank, with a rise in attacks by Palestinian militants as well as settler violence against Palestinians.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
The fair dates back to the eighteen-fifties, and was conceived as a showcase of the state’s flourishing agriculture, meant to attract settlers who might have otherwise continued to California.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The reports come even though in July 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in its advisory opinion, decided, by fourteen votes to one, that the State of Israel is under an obligation to cease immediately all new settlement activities, and to evacuate all settlers from the OPT.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The war in Gaza has sparked a surge of violence in Israel and the occupied West Bank, with a rise in attacks by Palestinian militants as well as settler violence against Palestinians.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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 11 Sep. 2025.
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