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 Indigenous people have been questioned–and much worse–since European colonizers first stepped foot on what is now called North America. Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 Puerto Rico served as an entry point to the Americas for Spanish colonizers, who, as early as the 16th century, profited off sugarcane and tobacco grown there. Rebecca L. Rhoades, Saveur, 20 Aug. 2025 Recently it was renamed the Battle of Fort Dearborn, acknowledging that both sides committed atrocities in the centuries-long struggle between Native Americans and European colonizers for control of what became the United States. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025 Indigenous languages differ so much from the colonizers’ language of English they can’t be understood by simply replacing words. Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for colonizer
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Noun
  • Whose idea was this, and what kinds of settler-colonial relations does this mock holdup invert?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The earth itself has an abundance of pot-worthy clay, which attracted early settlers and has continued to sustain generations of potters.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Alexander Jabbour is an Engineering Lead at Rilla, an industry pioneer in real-time sales conversation feedback.
    Alexander Jabbour, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Visitors can also stop by the Leonard Reid House, built in 1926 by one of Sarasota’s early Black pioneers, Leonard Reid, or visit the Greater Newtown Historical Gallery, a repository of Newtown history that includes family photo collections and artifacts.
    Mariette Williams, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Their pacifism later brings them in direct conflict with the colonists gearing up to fight the British.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The over-the-top propaganda that leads the game off suggests the Earth Directorate is here to protect colonists from out-of-control corporations and tyrannical governments.
    Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
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  • Whose idea was this, and what kinds of settler-colonial relations does this mock holdup invert?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Did Israel’s existence as a settler-colonial state necessitate erasure of the Arabs who were in Palestine?
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Colonizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonizer. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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