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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
The disagreement reflected broader frustrations among many frontier settlers.
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Tracy Grant,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 June 2026
Fossils dating back to the Pleistocene Age were found at this incredible site, which got its name from early settlers who thought the steam emanating from the underground space looked like smoke rising from hell.
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Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
Founded in 1846 by German settlers, Fredericksburg has spent generations preserving the culture and traditions that shaped the community.
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Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
23 June 2026
That question has followed Brown since the 1850s, in the buildup to the Civil War, as pro- and anti-slavery settlers flooded into Kansas.
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Vivian Yee,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
Lower Manhattan is where modern day New York City got its start, after all, back when Dutch settlers wore knickerbockers.
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Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
18 June 2026
The film also uncovers documentation of how the white settlers, with the implicit accord of the Canadian government, murdered thousands of Nuxalk in 1862 with the smallpox virus and colonized the land.
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Carole Horst,
Variety,
17 June 2026
While that name was chosen in 1946 by Ned Irish, the team’s founder and president, Knickerbocker is a Dutch surname that dates back to the early settlers of New Netherland.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
The setting and the Puritan settlers who first attempt to tame Widow’s Bay also bring to mind Robert Eggers’ The Witch, a more recent addition to the folk-horror canon.
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Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
Tracy Grant,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 June 2026
Fossils dating back to the Pleistocene Age were found at this incredible site, which got its name from early settlers who thought the steam emanating from the underground space looked like smoke rising from hell.
—
Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
Founded in 1846 by German settlers, Fredericksburg has spent generations preserving the culture and traditions that shaped the community.
—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
23 June 2026
That question has followed Brown since the 1850s, in the buildup to the Civil War, as pro- and anti-slavery settlers flooded into Kansas.
—
Vivian Yee,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
Lower Manhattan is where modern day New York City got its start, after all, back when Dutch settlers wore knickerbockers.
—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
18 June 2026
The film also uncovers documentation of how the white settlers, with the implicit accord of the Canadian government, murdered thousands of Nuxalk in 1862 with the smallpox virus and colonized the land.
—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
17 June 2026
While that name was chosen in 1946 by Ned Irish, the team’s founder and president, Knickerbocker is a Dutch surname that dates back to the early settlers of New Netherland.
—
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
The setting and the Puritan settlers who first attempt to tame Widow’s Bay also bring to mind Robert Eggers’ The Witch, a more recent addition to the folk-horror canon.
—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for settlers
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After all, what could the specific complaints of colonists in 1776 have to do with 2026?
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Competition over land and other resources frequently contributed to conflict between colonists and Native Americans.
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In addition to the fear of deportation, the ruling puts thousands of immigrants at risk of losing their work authorization and their jobs, according to a Haitian-American journalist.
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Hilton, running on a platform of affordability and lowering taxes, has seized on the sentiment, casting health coverage for immigrants without legal status as deeply unfair and a direct threat to the state’s ability to help citizens.
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The 90-minute set got the crowd dancing to EDM remixes and hits from one of the genre’s pioneers, bringing back 2010s nostalgia.
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The technology was invaluable to farmers and pioneers of the American West.
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With the latest Supreme Court ruling, the return of these migrants to Haiti appears to be the administration’s aim.
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The conservative justices ruled that courts lack the authority to review determinations by the Department of Homeland Security to end temporary status migrants living and working in America.
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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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Between 1854 and 1891, the fort protected emigrants, mail coaches, freight wagons, and travelers along the Trans-Pecos stretch of the San Antonio–El Paso Road and Chihuahua Trail.
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In its heyday, the team, led by Ukrainian refugees from World War II and Stalin's postwar oppression, won a half-dozen national championships in various American professional leagues.
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The answers have housed over 1,000 refugees across 24 campuses — dining halls, health clinics, student volunteers, and all.
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“Settlers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settlers. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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