as in settler
a person who settles in a new region
the first colonizers of Easter Island must have faced untold challenges
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Recent Examples of colonizer
After the 1804 Haitian Revolution – the uprising against French colonizers that led to the creation of Haiti – the nation became the first in the world to permanently ban slavery.
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Chelsea Stieber, The Conversation, 14 May 2025
Phoenicians gave the world its first alphabet and were formidable sea merchants and colonizers, establishing city-states throughout the central and western Mediterranean.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2025
Through the simple, economical gesture of cloaking the statues with patterned fabric, Minaya gives visibility to people who were affected by the colonizers and points to the violence of the past.
—María Elena Ortiz, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
The Garifuna people are descendants of Indigenous Caribbean tribes and enslaved Africans, who were exiled from St. Vincent and the Grenadines by British colonizers and settled largely on the coast of Central America.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
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Chelsea Stieber, The Conversation, 14 May 2025
Phoenicians gave the world its first alphabet and were formidable sea merchants and colonizers, establishing city-states throughout the central and western Mediterranean.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2025
Through the simple, economical gesture of cloaking the statues with patterned fabric, Minaya gives visibility to people who were affected by the colonizers and points to the violence of the past.
—María Elena Ortiz, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
The Garifuna people are descendants of Indigenous Caribbean tribes and enslaved Africans, who were exiled from St. Vincent and the Grenadines by British colonizers and settled largely on the coast of Central America.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colonizer
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John Nielsen-Gammon, the state’s climatologist and a Texas A&M University atmospheric science professor, said early settlers also made the area more prone to wildfires through widespread clearing and logging in the late 1800s.—
Bianca Moreno-Paz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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At least 964 Palestinians have been killed since then by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, according to the United Nations.—
Abeer Salman,
CNN Money,
29 July 2025
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Bronson doesn’t shy away from the brutalities of the fighting between the pioneers and the Shawnee and Miami tribes, as seen from the perspective of the settlers.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
30 July 2025
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With the buzz around healthy sodas far from fizzling, Pepsi is doubling down on the emerging segment just months after acquiring one of its pioneers, Poppi, by launching a new innovation: Pepsi Prebiotic Cola.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
29 July 2025
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In 1595, English colonist and captain Sir Walter Raleigh landed in Trinidad.—
Ian Rose,
JSTOR Daily,
23 July 2025
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That year, British colonists were stunned to learn that their own army—British regulars—had fired on British subjects at Lexington and Concord, killing their own people.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Where the local militia drilled in colonial times, a symphony now plays on the Fourth of July holiday.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
10 July 2025
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Ancient structures and artifacts show that humans have lived around Lake Titicaca since before colonial times and continue to live there today.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
9 July 2025
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“Colonizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonizer. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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