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
They were built by Europeans – the Spanish colonizers.
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Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
Fire and Ash finds the threat from the human RDA colonizers looming over Pandora as Jake (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) grieve the loss of their eldest son.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
White Sonoran wheat—derived from an ancient grain as old as 6,500 BCE and brought to the region by Spanish colonizers—is also primed for desert landscapes.
—Von Diaz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025
For the colonizers, worse still was to come.
—Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
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Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
Fire and Ash finds the threat from the human RDA colonizers looming over Pandora as Jake (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) grieve the loss of their eldest son.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
White Sonoran wheat—derived from an ancient grain as old as 6,500 BCE and brought to the region by Spanish colonizers—is also primed for desert landscapes.
—Von Diaz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025
For the colonizers, worse still was to come.
—Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colonizer
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Changing climate drove Norse settlers out of Greenland 700 years ago.—
Paul Bierman,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Violence against Palestinians in the West Bank has continued to escalate for months as mobs of settler extremists attempt to force the civilians out of their homes, clashing with Israel Defense Forces personnel sent to quell the crowds at times.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Dec. 2025
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His father, Carl Reiner, was a legendary pioneer in television who created the iconic 1960s comedy, The Dick Van Dyke Show.—
Steve Futterman,
NPR,
7 Jan. 2026
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Chua is often credited as one of the pioneers of modern mixology in Singapore.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Jan. 2026
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In addition, the creation of the fetishes, with their bits of bone, dirt, plants, and other objects, also unnerved enslavers and colonists.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Jan. 2026
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Virginia is recognized as the birthplace of American wine, since colonists attempted the craft in the early 17th century.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
1 Jan. 2026
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As John Kucich notes, Thoreau was a dedicated student of native cultures but largelyrelied on ethnographic accounts written from a settler-colonial perspective.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Dec. 2025
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Collections include Islamic art and architecture as well as objects from Italian colonial rule, World War II and Libya's independence, with galleries dedicated to the prehistoric period and ancient Libyan tribes, such as the Garamantes.—
Freddie Clayton,
NBC news,
13 Dec. 2025
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“Colonizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonizer. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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