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colonist

noun

ˈkä-lə-nist

Definition of colonist

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 For example, Indigenous people shared their knowledge of making tea from local plants and herbs with colonists. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026 The king refused to look at it, and issued the Proclamation of Rebellion, declaring the colonists traitors and hiring 30,000 German mercenaries to help crush them. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 4 July 2026 Anticipation for the milestone holiday has been building for much of the year, serving as an opportunity for Americans to reflect on their complicated history as onetime colonists of an empire who became a superpower of their own. — Steven Sloan, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2026 These were moments of extraordinary dissent against the British government by American colonists. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for colonist

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The reboot’s creative team worked with Osage scholar and consultant Robert Warrior to draw inspiration for the characters of William Mitchell and his wife, White Sun, from 19 Osage families who lived in Kansas at the time settlers arrived.

— Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2026
Mordechai Galili, another soldier who, like Degieli, was a settler from a nearby kibbutz named Nirim, described the process for the settlement’s bulletin.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

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Sumissura, the online tailoring platform for women, is among the most recent technology pioneers leveraging AI to enhance fit.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 15 July 2026
Over his past few pictures, Nolan has become a pioneer in shooting on Imax film, but The Odyssey is his first to be shot entirely in the large-screen format.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2026

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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.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 June 2026
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.

— James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2026

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