colonizer
colonizers
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pluralof colonizer.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But as human activities damage habitats and reduce biodiversity across regions, the number of possible colonizers falls.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 18, 2026
We started our hike by heading to the Oak of the Golden Dream, where gold was first discovered by colonizers in 1842.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
Ms. Barnéoud is sharpest when she examines the metaphors that immunologists and others have used to describe microchimeric cells, which have been characterized as invaders, migrants and colonizers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
“The presence of terrestrial microorganism within a sample of Ryugu underlines that microorganisms are the world's greatest colonizers and adept at circumventing contamination controls,” the authors conclude.
From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2024
The Struggle is in your name, Samori—you were named for Samori Toure, who struggled against French colonizers for the right to his own black body.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
