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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 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.
—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
White settlers used the caves for refrigerating food, mining saltpeter, and making moonshine.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
Ostensibly, the 1996 journey was meant to protect the Korubo from further outside contact by invaders (loggers, fishermen, settlers) intent on taking their resources.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 June 2026
Rumors circulate among American settlers that Mexican authorities plan to expel them.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 12 June 2026
Elk were once an abundant source of food in the Alleghenies, both for the Seneca and for the settlers streaming in.
—Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
Rights groups say Bedouin herding communities are especially vulnerable as settlers seize remote land and outposts multiply, while new Israeli laws tighten control over Palestinians and critics fault global powers for inaction.
—Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
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
White settlers used the caves for refrigerating food, mining saltpeter, and making moonshine.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
Ostensibly, the 1996 journey was meant to protect the Korubo from further outside contact by invaders (loggers, fishermen, settlers) intent on taking their resources.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 June 2026
Rumors circulate among American settlers that Mexican authorities plan to expel them.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 12 June 2026
Elk were once an abundant source of food in the Alleghenies, both for the Seneca and for the settlers streaming in.
—Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
Rights groups say Bedouin herding communities are especially vulnerable as settlers seize remote land and outposts multiply, while new Israeli laws tighten control over Palestinians and critics fault global powers for inaction.
—Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for settlers
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Next month, our country is celebrating its 250th birthday, the day the colonists said enough is enough to the king of England.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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But when human hubris introduces a linguistic plague on the creatures, the colonists must work to finally, truly understand the Indigenous population.—
Brianne Kane,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
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Inglewood is already diverse — most residents are Latino or Black, and nearly a third are immigrants.—
Jack Flemming,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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The parish was founded by Croatian immigrants in 1900 to provide a community to the growing Croatian population.—
Julianna Mejia,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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The whole opening of the film pays homage to those pioneers of cinema.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
20 June 2026
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Samuel says every time a student walks in, they're reminded of the legacy of great Black scientific and technological pioneers — historic men and women too often not recognized.—
Ross Guidotti,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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Ten migrants survived the shipwreck, which occurred on June 12 in the Mediterranean Sea, off the eastern part of the North African nation, according to the Abreen group, which tracks movements of migrants in eastern Libya.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 June 2026
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His targets are mostly, but not exclusively, migrants.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
19 June 2026
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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.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
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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.—
Lauren Jones,
Southern Living,
10 June 2026
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The law ended eligibility for legal refugees and asylum seekers.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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Investigators probe whether Moscow ordered the brazen daylight killing in eastern Poland, now a key refuge for Russian and Belarusian dissidents and for hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian war refugees.—
Vanessa Gera,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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“Settlers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settlers. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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