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
Phoenicians gave the world its first alphabet and were formidable sea merchants and colonizers, establishing city-states throughout the central and western Mediterranean.
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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
English, French, Spanish; the languages of European colonizers around the world became no more or less important than the hundreds of languages spoken by people native to Africa and the Americas.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 28 May 2025
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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
English, French, Spanish; the languages of European colonizers around the world became no more or less important than the hundreds of languages spoken by people native to Africa and the Americas.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colonizer
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The primary driver of its extinction was likely the introduction of feral cats, brought to the island by naval crews and settlers.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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But Filson disappeared in the woods, presumed killed by the Shawnee, shortly before the first settlers arrived.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
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The neo-soul pioneer treated fans to a journey through her extensive catalog of hits, each song delivered with her signature blend of spiritual intensity and playful irreverence.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
6 July 2025
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Visitors can congregate under the sculptures honoring jazz pioneers Louis Armstrong, Buddy Bolden, Mahalia Jackson and others.—
Martie Bowser,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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The courage that the colonists had, hungry for freedom, to start a new life here.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
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But first consider the majority of the text of the Declaration: a stirring enumeration of specific grievances by the American colonists against the British crown.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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The letter closes with Einstein’s admiration of Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated just four years earlier after leading India to its independence from British colonial rule.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
25 June 2025
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Fast-track reform Under British colonial rule, much of Zimbabwe’s territory was carved up and handed out to white settlers.—
Ish Mafundikwa,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 May 2025
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“Colonizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonizer. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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