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See more synonyms for colonize on Thesaurus.com verb (used with object), col·o·nized, col·o·niz·ing. to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia. to form a colony of: to colonize laborers in a mining region. Show More
verb (used without object), col·o·nized, col·o·niz·ing. to form a colony: They went out to Australia to colonize. to settle in a colony. Show More
Also especially British col·o·nise .
Origin of colonize First recorded in
1615–25; colon(y) +
-ize Related forms col·o·niz·a·ble , adjective col·o·niz·a·bil·i·ty , noun col·o·ni·za·tion , noun col·o·ni·za·tion·ist , noun col·o·niz·er , noun in·ter·col·o·ni·za·tion , noun in·ter·col·o·nize , verb, in·ter·col·o·nized, in·ter·col·o·niz·ing. re·col·o·ni·za·tion , noun re·col·o·nize , verb (used with object), re·col·o·nized, re·col·o·niz·ing. un·col·o·nize , verb (used with object), un·col·o·nized, un·col·o·niz·ing. well-col·o·nized , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for colonizer colonist ,
immigrant ,
pilgrim ,
founder ,
settler ,
scout ,
explorer ,
guide ,
developer ,
squatter ,
leader ,
innovator ,
pathfinder ,
homesteader ,
trailblazer ,
colonizer Examples from the Web for colonizer Contemporary Examples of colonizer Historical Examples of colonizer We have not spoken of the Chancellor as an argonaut, of the Chancellor as a colonizer .
He was a young man of energy and had great ideas as a colonizer .
He may be no sort of a colonizer himself, but he knows how to sell goods.
As an explorer he stands unequalled, but as a colonizer he utterly failed.
Charnisay possessed the instincts of a colonizer and had already brought a number of settlers to Acadia.
British Dictionary definitions for colonizer to send colonists to or establish a colony in (an area) to settle in (an area) as colonists (tr) to transform (a community) into a colony (of plants and animals) to become established in (a new environment) Show More
Derived Forms colonizable or colonisable , adjective colonization or colonisation , noun colonizer or coloniser , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Word Origin and History for colonizer v. 1620s, "to settle with colonists," from stem of Latin colonus "tiller of the soil, farmer" (see colony ); in sense "to make another place into a national dependency" without regard for settlement there by 1790s (e.g. in reference to French activity in Egypt or British work in India), and probably directly from colony .
No principle ought ever to be tolerated or acted upon, that does not proceed on the basis of India being considered as the temporary residence of a great British Establishment, for the good government of the country, upon steady and uniform principles, and of a large British factory, for the beneficial management of its trade, upon rules applicable to the state and manners of the country. [Henry Dundas, Chairman of the East-India Company, letter, April 2, 1800] Related: Colonized ; colonizing .
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