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Definition of “settler

settler (ˈsɛtləPronunciation for settler

Definitions

noun

  1. a person who settles in a new country or a colony

Usage examples

  • So he picks a settler 's daughter, marries her and settles down to look after pipes and drains, what they now call infrastructure.
    Innes, Hammond, High Stand (1985)
  • And in the end we would not have to relinquish one square inch or remove one single settler.
    Outlook India (2005)
  • The house was built in 1913 by pioneer settler John A. MacDougall for one of his sons.
    Edmonton Sun (2003)
  • But officials were worried about the reaction of `white settler " incomers.
    Sun, News of the World (2000)
  • Visitors, including American visitors, seem to have accepted what settler Europeans told them about blacks without question.
    Cameron, Kenneth M, Into Africa - a social history of the East African Safari (1989)

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