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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Meanwhile, the Israeli settler movement is openly plotting a long-term return to Gaza, seeking to reverse the evacuation of 8,000 settlers from the Strip that happened twenty years ago.
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Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Many migrants were themselves recent descendants of European settlers who had journeyed to the United States in the previous decades.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old Palestinian-American from Palm Bay, Florida, was arrested by Israeli forces in February 2025 after being accused of throwing rocks at Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Afrikaners, who are descendants of primarily Dutch colonial settlers who arrived in South Africa in the 1600s, governed the country from 1948 to 1994 and imposed racial separation laws known as apartheid.
—Annika Neklason, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Many migrants were themselves recent descendants of European settlers who had journeyed to the United States in the previous decades.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old Palestinian-American from Palm Bay, Florida, was arrested by Israeli forces in February 2025 after being accused of throwing rocks at Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Afrikaners, who are descendants of primarily Dutch colonial settlers who arrived in South Africa in the 1600s, governed the country from 1948 to 1994 and imposed racial separation laws known as apartheid.
—Annika Neklason, Time, 30 Oct. 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 9 Nov. 2025.
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