settler
[set-ler, -l-er]
Origin of settler
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Contemporary Examples
A few children, settler children, congregate near what appears to have been the bus station.
Buy an Obama family vacation time-share in an East Jerusalem Israeli settler condo to help repair relations with Bibi Netanyahu.
Housing Minister Uri Ariel, himself a settler, is at least bureaucratically responsible for the latest announcement.
Four settler outposts, which even Israel considers illegal, surround Jalud.
The uptick during the olive harvest supports an explanation of settler violence discussed in our report.
Historical Examples
It was from the wife of a settler whom we speak of as the Member.
Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2)William Delisle Hay
Some settler is introduced, or introduces himself, who is travelling too.
Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2)William Delisle Hay
I have, therefore, written from the point of view of a settler.
Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2)William Delisle Hay
There had been an auction of the effects of a settler, who was moving off to the South Island.
Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2)William Delisle Hay
A settler had lost a cow and he had accused the Apaches of stealing the animal.
When the West Was YoungFrederick R. Bechdolt
settler
- a person who settles in a new country or a colony
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Word Origin and History for settler
n.
1590s, "a thing that settles" (a debate, etc.); agent noun from settle (v.). Meaning "a person who moves into a new country" is from 1690s.
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