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colonist

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of colonist

a person who settles in a new region

  • over time the colonists began to sense that they were becoming a people unto themselves
Synonyms of colonist

colonial, colonizer, frontiersman, homesteader, pioneer, settler
Words Related to colonist

explorer, pathfinder, trailblazer

bushranger, mountain man, woodsman

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