as in settler
a person who settles in a new region
over time the colonists began to sense that they were becoming a people unto themselves
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Recent Examples of colonist
But when human hubris introduces a linguistic plague on the creatures, the colonists must work to finally, truly understand the Indigenous population.
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Brianne Kane,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
Savannah was under British occupation in the fall of 1779, when colonists planned an attack to retake the city with help from French allies.
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CBS News,
4 June 2026
When other nearby ports were under British control during the Revolutionary War, the colonists were able to use Washington for resupply efforts.
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Caroline Eubanks,
Travel + Leisure,
4 June 2026
The American origin story is rooted in the notion that George III was its vanquished villain, an irrational tyrant who oppressed the American colonists.
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ABC News,
3 June 2026
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Brianne Kane,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
Savannah was under British occupation in the fall of 1779, when colonists planned an attack to retake the city with help from French allies.
—
CBS News,
4 June 2026
When other nearby ports were under British control during the Revolutionary War, the colonists were able to use Washington for resupply efforts.
—
Caroline Eubanks,
Travel + Leisure,
4 June 2026
The American origin story is rooted in the notion that George III was its vanquished villain, an irrational tyrant who oppressed the American colonists.
—
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colonist
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Goldman has consistently criticized Israel's government and condemned settler violence but has stopped short of describing the conflict as a genocide, which Lander has done.
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Goldman has consistently criticized Israel’s government and condemned settler violence but has stopped short of describing the conflict as a genocide, which Lander has done.
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The Berliners are well known in the business world through Amy’s Kitchen, the organic-food pioneer that helped bring natural and vegetarian frozen meals into mainstream grocery aisles.
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German physicist Max Planck was one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics in the early 20th century, earning the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of quanta.
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Burbank’s environmental determinism was tangled with a settler-colonial impulse to imbue the wild landscape with Western ideals of control and organization to not only manage but also improve populations, in both plants and humans.
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Then this private driveway passes fruit trees, a vineyard, and mature plantings, before finally reaching the impressive colonial that is at the heart of this nearly four-acre country estate at 46 Andrews Road in Wolcott.
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“Colonist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonist. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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