settler

[ set-ler, -l-er ]

/ ˈsɛt lər, -l ər /

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noun

a person or thing that settles.

a person who settles in a new country or area.

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Origin of settler

First recorded in 1590–1600; settle¹ + -er¹

Words nearby settler

settlement, settlement houses, settlement option, settlement worker, settle on, settler, settler's clock, settle someone's hash, settle up, settle with, settling

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How to use settler in a sentence

Although only 4 percent of the original prairie remains, the countryside in and around the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve retains the sense of endless beauty that greeted the settlers.
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In her 2009 history of pie, Janet Clarkson suggests this reflects a shortage of wheat, which remained relatively scarce in the United States until settlers moved to the Great Plains.
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Later the early United States was a lab for observing this as its settlers altered nature.
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Early settlers tended to push up the major rivers until they ran into the first set of waterfalls—the “fall line”—and those spots became jumping-off points for people who were even more desperate or adventurous.
Sebastian Junger on Walking America’s Railroads|Sebastian Junger|May 19, 2021|Outside Online

Starting in the late 1800s, settlers of the Great Basin poisoned prairie dogs to leave more grass for their cattle.
The fight to save America’s most endangered mammal|Ula Chrobak|March 5, 2021|Popular-Science
A few children, settler children, congregate near what appears to have been the bus station.
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Buy an Obama family vacation time-share in an East Jerusalem Israeli settler condo to help repair relations with Bibi Netanyahu.
The GOP Senate: A New Utopia Dawns|P. J. O’Rourke|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
However, Palestinian villagers are still shopping at settler-owned Rami Levy stores.
Somewhere Over the Separation Barrier|Maysoon Zayid|December 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Housing Minister Uri Ariel, himself a settler, is at least bureaucratically responsible for the latest announcement.
How Netanyahu Plays the Settlement Game|Michael Omer-Man|November 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Four settler outposts, which even Israel considers illegal, surround Jalud.
When Israeli Settlers Direct Violence at Palestinian Schoolchildren|Matt Surrusco|November 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But before many months had passed there was hardly a settler without slave labour, the principal exception being my father.
Mass' George|George Manville Fenn
One attacked a settler, who returned a mortal wound with a pitchfork.
The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2)|John West
The settler passed the mouth of the wood road leading to the cabin.
Earth's Enigmas|Charles G. D. Roberts
Presently the settler realized whence the cries were coming.
Earth's Enigmas|Charles G. D. Roberts
"I should say wait till morning, certainly," the settler said.
A Final Reckoning|G. A. Henty

British Dictionary definitions for settler

settler

/ (ˈsɛtlə) /

noun

a person who settles in a new country or a colony

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