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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When European colonizers came to New Zealand in the 1800s, it changed the indigenous food.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Ninety-nine years later, the country expelled the last of its colonizers, but by then the country was thoroughly hooked on cà phê.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
But as human activities damage habitats and reduce biodiversity across regions, the number of possible colonizers falls.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 18, 2026
The Spanish colonizers suppressed this intentional annual brush burning, claiming it was incompatible with agriculture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2025
Very early on, the colonizers recognized that smallpox could easily wipe out an Indigenous population, leaving land available for settlement.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
