colonist
noun
an inhabitant of a colony.
colonists
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pluralof colonist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Drive an hour to Roanoke, a trading hub for Native Americans and British colonists that later became a railroad boomtown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
One of the main reasons colonists rebelled against the crown was that they wanted more Indigenous land—they wanted to move farther west into North America, but the king was telling them no.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2026
This view came from England “and crossed the Atlantic with the colonists — and was adopted with little fanfare after the Revolution,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The letter from the owner of the cargo, the East India Company, to the British government gives a breakdown of the tea destroyed on December 16, 1773 by American colonists.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Our cabins are suddenly crowded with sixty new colonists, and the fort becomes noisy with several new dogs, a dozen hogs, and enough chickens to coat the ground of the whole fort with their droppings.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
