settler
noun
a person or thing that settles.
settlers
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pluralof settler.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He described the past two decades without settlers around Jenin as "bliss".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
He told me how, as a boy, he watched Kadim being built for the first time, then watched again as the settlers there were forced out by the government twenty years later.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Abu Ridi voiced frustration at the Israeli military's inability to remove a handful of settlers from the site and called for more action to resolve the situation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Louai Abu Ridi owns one of the three houses in Qusra, near Nablus, which settlers began besieging more than a week ago, trapping residents inside and effectively blocking supplies, generating condemnation around the world.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
James Town’s new leaders took revenge on the natives, even the Kecoughtans and the Warraskoyacks, who had helped the settlers so much.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
