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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 colonizers
Alcohol has devastated generations of Indigenous peoples in the Americas ever since it was introduced by colonizers.
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Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024
The Pawpaw The pawpaw is finding champions again after colonizers' dismissal, increasing globalization and economic needs.
—JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
Its colonizers have made their home in the seaside neighborhood’s rocks, terraces, beaches and caves.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
In some places, particularly those with abundant natural resources and diseases that made life inhospitable for colonizers, Europeans focused on extracting wealth and exploiting native populations as labor.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 14 Oct. 2024
Intent on preventing the north from rising again, the colonizers undertook a policy of transplanting Protestant farmers from England and Scotland onto northern lands.
—Saki Knafo, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2024
But some feel the term ignores the region's strong Indigenous and African heritage and connects them too closely with their European colonizers.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2024
That Haitians pulled off the world’s largest and most successful slave revolt against French colonizers to achieve their freedom?
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
When all one sees is colonized and colonizers, certain experiences register and others do not.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024
Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024
The Pawpaw The pawpaw is finding champions again after colonizers' dismissal, increasing globalization and economic needs.
—JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
Its colonizers have made their home in the seaside neighborhood’s rocks, terraces, beaches and caves.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
In some places, particularly those with abundant natural resources and diseases that made life inhospitable for colonizers, Europeans focused on extracting wealth and exploiting native populations as labor.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 14 Oct. 2024
Intent on preventing the north from rising again, the colonizers undertook a policy of transplanting Protestant farmers from England and Scotland onto northern lands.
—Saki Knafo, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2024
But some feel the term ignores the region's strong Indigenous and African heritage and connects them too closely with their European colonizers.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2024
That Haitians pulled off the world’s largest and most successful slave revolt against French colonizers to achieve their freedom?
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
When all one sees is colonized and colonizers, certain experiences register and others do not.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colonizers
Noun
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White settlers, however, viewed the growing Ghost Dance practice as a harbinger of insurrection.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
29 Dec. 2024
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People freed from slavery were largely able to stake their claim on the area in the mid-1800s because white settlers passed it over.—
Karina Atkins,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Dec. 2024
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Recommended for European travelers and colonists heading to the East in the late 1800s, quinine was initially added to various alcoholic beverages to mask its bitterness.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
23 Dec. 2024
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Hot, wet, insect-ridden, and with a climate that made early colonists exceptionally susceptible to disease, the islands became the center of an idea formulated in Paris in the mid-nineteenth century.—
Rob Crossan,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Dec. 2024
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“Colonizers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonizers. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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