1
: one that settles something
a settler of disputes
2
: someone who settles in a new region or colony
the first settlers of New England
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Examples of settler in a Sentence
settlers learning to live in peace with the natives
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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Evidence showed settlers have chased Palestinians out of their homes at gunpoint and prevented them from taking their belongings, the report says.
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Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war and has built scores of settlements there that are now home to over 500,000 Jewish settlers.
—NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
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Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war and has built scores of settlements there that are now home to over 500,000 Jewish settlers.
—NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for settler
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“Settler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settler. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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