Thesaurus results for COLONIZERS

colonizers

noun

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plural of colonizer

as in settlers

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 The Church of Our Lady of Muxima was built by Portuguese colonizers at the end of the 16th century as part of a fortress complex and became a hub in the slave trade. —

ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026 Crossing Thousands of Miles of Open Ocean Hawaiian leaf-roller moths are among the most successful long-distance colonizers of any native Hawaiian animals, according to the research. —

Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026 According to the research, Hawaiian leaf-roller moths are among the most successful long-distance colonizers of any native Hawaiian animals. —

Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026 The Vikings were raiders, pirates, traders, explorers, and colonizers who traveled far beyond their homeland in Scandinavia between the 9th and 11 centuries. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026 Following the Revolution, as the United States expanded and more European settlers arrived, their homelands in New York and Massachusetts were taken over by colonizers. —

Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 11 Mar. 2026 Start by visiting Elmina Castle, the oldest European building in sub-Saharan Africa, founded by Portuguese colonizers in 1482. —

Melanie Van Zyl, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2026 The book is set in late-19th-century Malacca (also spelled Melaka), a city in Malaysia, and mentions landmarks left over from two previous European colonizers before the British arrived. —

J. D. Biersdorfer, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026 But Oakland Indigenous chef Crystal Wahpepah, owner of Wahpepah’s Kitchen, is finding her way back to the recipes that were lost as the North American continent was carved up by European colonizers. —

Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026

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At least 35 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers across the territory in 2026.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Creeping Charlie was first introduced by European settlers as a groundcover.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026