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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 earth itself has an abundance of pot-worthy clay, which attracted early settlers and has continued to sustain generations of potters.
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Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
Island habitats are particularly vulnerable to invasive species, often brought by human settlers, Wiens said, and not necessarily representative of a broader extinction risk.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
On June 14, 1846, rebellious settlers marched on the Mexican garrison at Sonoma.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
The fair dates back to the eighteen-fifties, and was conceived as a showcase of the state’s flourishing agriculture, meant to attract settlers who might have otherwise continued to California.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The reports come even though in July 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in its advisory opinion, decided, by fourteen votes to one, that the State of Israel is under an obligation to cease immediately all new settlement activities, and to evacuate all settlers from the OPT.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Even as liberal-seeming Amir invites Yusuf to join the Muslim Association, an informal organization of male Arab landowners, Yusuf’s father is killed in a night-time confrontation with the settlers.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Native Americans, early settlers, some of our Founding Fathers and today’s small-town folk have harvested and relished pawpaws on sunny fall days.
—John Vukmirovich, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The promise is not to sanction a handful of settlers, symbolically recognize a Palestinian state, or even to merely restrict arms sales, but to vote for an end to any US support whatsoever if there is no change.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
Island habitats are particularly vulnerable to invasive species, often brought by human settlers, Wiens said, and not necessarily representative of a broader extinction risk.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
On June 14, 1846, rebellious settlers marched on the Mexican garrison at Sonoma.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
The fair dates back to the eighteen-fifties, and was conceived as a showcase of the state’s flourishing agriculture, meant to attract settlers who might have otherwise continued to California.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The reports come even though in July 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in its advisory opinion, decided, by fourteen votes to one, that the State of Israel is under an obligation to cease immediately all new settlement activities, and to evacuate all settlers from the OPT.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Even as liberal-seeming Amir invites Yusuf to join the Muslim Association, an informal organization of male Arab landowners, Yusuf’s father is killed in a night-time confrontation with the settlers.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Native Americans, early settlers, some of our Founding Fathers and today’s small-town folk have harvested and relished pawpaws on sunny fall days.
—John Vukmirovich, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The promise is not to sanction a handful of settlers, symbolically recognize a Palestinian state, or even to merely restrict arms sales, but to vote for an end to any US support whatsoever if there is no change.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for settlers
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Their pacifism later brings them in direct conflict with the colonists gearing up to fight the British.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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The over-the-top propaganda that leads the game off suggests the Earth Directorate is here to protect colonists from out-of-control corporations and tyrannical governments.—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The biggest Flock controversy centers on allegations that law enforcement has abused the company’s surveillance network to target women, immigrants, and people engaging in legal activity outside their home states.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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There are visual references to refugees, immigrants, medieval morality plays, New Orleans funerals.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Often overshadowed by their male counterparts, these artists–including Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, and Joan Mitchell–were pioneers in their own right.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Then with the [SF drag pioneers of the late ‘60s] the Cockettes and the Angels of Light [communal theater].—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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More than 28,000 migrants have arrived in small boats across the Channel so far this year.—
Vitalii Yalahuzian,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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The governor, apparently not a fan of Paul’s letter to the Romans about respecting authorities, ignored the orders and continued to let migrants be shredded in the river.—
John Fugelsang
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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An article in The Guardian in May 2025 reported that a record number of emigrants left New Zealand in 2023 and 2024.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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There are visual references to refugees, immigrants, medieval morality plays, New Orleans funerals.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Our right-wing Christians are fighting to turn away the most desperate foreign refugees, all while worshiping Jesus, who was once a foreign refugee.—
John Fugelsang
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Settlers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settlers. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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