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as in colonists
a person who settles in a new region
settlers learning to live in peace with the natives
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as in immigrants
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 settlers
Some became stockmen, learning to ride settlers’ horses and using their deep knowledge of the land to muster cattle on horseback across vast landscapes.
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Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
5 July 2026
The history in Kaskaskia is as rich as the soil that attracted settlers in the first place and made it, for a time, Illinois’ most important place.
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Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2026
Seafood such as rockfish and crab dominated the diets of early Maryland settlers, NPR reported.
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Teresa Mull,
FOXNews.com,
4 July 2026
Though people associate pre-United States history with the Wampanoags and the Pilgrims, Shinnecock people were contacted by British settlers as early as 1640, Shinnecock Chairwoman Lisa Goree said.
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Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
Some people, including descendents of long-ago English, Welsh and Scotch-Irish settlers, now identify themselves simply as American.
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Albert Sun,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
Lewis and Clark passed through the area on their famed 1804 expedition, and the town was officially established in 1825 as a bustling steamboat hub frequented by both European settlers and Native Americans.
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Erika Ebsworth-Goold,
Travel + Leisure,
2 July 2026
Pio Pico, the last governor of Mexican California, was — like many of the settlers who had founded the city of Los Angeles in 1781 — probably a man with Afro Mexican origins.
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Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
There was still beer on the ship, but it was reserved for the crew, who had to sail back to England after dropping off the settlers.
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Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
2 July 2026
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
5 July 2026
The history in Kaskaskia is as rich as the soil that attracted settlers in the first place and made it, for a time, Illinois’ most important place.
—
Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2026
Seafood such as rockfish and crab dominated the diets of early Maryland settlers, NPR reported.
—
Teresa Mull,
FOXNews.com,
4 July 2026
Though people associate pre-United States history with the Wampanoags and the Pilgrims, Shinnecock people were contacted by British settlers as early as 1640, Shinnecock Chairwoman Lisa Goree said.
—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
Some people, including descendents of long-ago English, Welsh and Scotch-Irish settlers, now identify themselves simply as American.
—
Albert Sun,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
Lewis and Clark passed through the area on their famed 1804 expedition, and the town was officially established in 1825 as a bustling steamboat hub frequented by both European settlers and Native Americans.
—
Erika Ebsworth-Goold,
Travel + Leisure,
2 July 2026
Pio Pico, the last governor of Mexican California, was — like many of the settlers who had founded the city of Los Angeles in 1781 — probably a man with Afro Mexican origins.
—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
There was still beer on the ship, but it was reserved for the crew, who had to sail back to England after dropping off the settlers.
—
Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
2 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for settlers
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These were moments of extraordinary dissent against the British government by American colonists.
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The American colonists were friends with affliction and shared their suffering socially, in writing and conversation.
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And that traditional core American values include being a welcoming melting pot and nation of immigrants who want to embrace the world.
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But the foundation was laid much earlier — by immigrants, workers, parents, church communities, and family members who understood that freedom only has meaning when it is converted into responsibility.
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But it was then followed up by a Spanish hymn, sung by musicians, dressed in 18th-century Spanish Colonial attire, including the garb of soldado, vaquero, pioneers, military, and indigenous peoples.
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As of January 2026, that federal evaluation included 17 UTM service providers and operators, a sign the framework is moving from two pioneers to an industry-wide layer.
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Another challenge to Trump policies focused on deportations to countries where migrants had never been, such as South Sudan or Libya.
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This phrase has become a rallying cry for activists who say that undocumented migrants and other foreigners in South Africa have taken away jobs from those who were born there.
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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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As millions of Venezuelan refugees moved through Latin America, Tren de Aragua established criminal footholds along migration corridors, extending its reach into Colombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador and eventually the United States.
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“Settlers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settlers. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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