colonialist

American  

[kuh-loh-nee-uhl-ist] / kəˈloʊ ni əl ɪst /

noun

1. a person who supports the system or principles of colonialism.

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adjective

1. relating to, favoring, or arising from the system or principles of colonialism.

Example Sentences

Set in 1869, it's a thrilling and profound tale of secret personal ambition set against the backdrop of colonialist expansion.

From BBC

But such practices didn’t jibe with increasingly modern economies, and colonialists, especially in North America, saw burning as both barbaric and a threat to industrialized capitalism.

From Los Angeles Times

Through Amelia, series creator and executive producer Brendan Foley has an opportunity to address and perhaps challenge the colonialist outlook imbued in Holmes by his author.

From Salon

There’s also something resonant in an Afrofuturist take on colonialist sci-fi, one that marks its narrative space with such a potent mix of planetary wonder, identity peril and alien violence.

From Los Angeles Times

In the mid-20th Century, Belgian colonialists brought workers over from present-day Rwanda to staff their plantations, while others came on their own accord in search of a better life.

From BBC