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as in pioneer
a person who settles in a new region
settlers learning to live in peace with the natives
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as in immigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
in 1889 Jane Addams, in an effort to provide Chicago's latest wave of settlers with much-needed services, founded the city's first settlement house
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Recent Examples of settler
Hops, likewise, were first planted around 1629 by both English and Dutch settlers.
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Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
2 July 2026
Gingerbread had been a stomach settler since the 17th century, according to Stephen Schmidt, a New York food historian.
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Anne Byrn,
Southern Living,
2 July 2026
Over time, settlers established vegetable and fruit farms that became the foundation of South Florida's early economy.
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Hank Tester,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
At the same time, Netflix worked with an Osage scholar to update the story's take on Indigenous people and their relationships with White settlers.
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Madeleine Janz,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
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Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
2 July 2026
Gingerbread had been a stomach settler since the 17th century, according to Stephen Schmidt, a New York food historian.
—
Anne Byrn,
Southern Living,
2 July 2026
Over time, settlers established vegetable and fruit farms that became the foundation of South Florida's early economy.
—
Hank Tester,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
At the same time, Netflix worked with an Osage scholar to update the story's take on Indigenous people and their relationships with White settlers.
—
Madeleine Janz,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for settler
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As a kid, Grant was an Eagle scout, and essentially built a historical trail after discovering pioneer grave sites.
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The pioneer of the world’s largest Bitcoin asset treasury attended the president’s first crypto summit at the White House in March 2025.
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The Spanish government, experts and NGOs expected the program to mostly benefit Latin American immigrants without proper documentation.
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There are numerous parallels between Hamilton and Elon Musk, both visionary immigrants with grand ambitions, immense energy, and many overlapping ventures.
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And the war that was fought in the backcountry would serve as a catalyst for the Revolutionary War when the British king decided to help pay down war debt by taxing the colonists.
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English colonists from Barbados and Bermuda settled in the region during that time, bringing with them enslaved Africans with their own abundant culinary heritage.
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But one video posted to social media that appears to show a young man wielding a machete and counting down to the deadline has put migrants like Nyirenda on edge.
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Raseman had first learned about the family through a network of churches helping migrants in the Chicago area.
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The book looked at the world of a swath of Irish women emigrants who were deemed troublemakers, highlighting that for a period of time, Irish women outnumbered Irish men in prison.
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Perhaps as important as Morocco’s investment in nurturing domestic talent has been its improved efforts to scout and court eligible international talent —often the descendants of emigrants who have learned the game in world-class competitive environs elsewhere.
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Court bars asylum claims before refugees enter US Alito wrote another decision June 25 for a 6-3 majority that allowed the administration to turn back refugees at the border.
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Cathryn Miller-Wilson is executive director of HIAS Pennsylvania, a refugee agency that serves about 6,000 clients a year.
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“Settler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settler. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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