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Synonyms for colonist


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kol-uh-nist
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒl ə nɪst



Définition of colonist

Origin :
  • 1701, "colonizer," from colony + -ist.
  • noun settler
Example sentences :
  • Isaacson is a Martian colonist, you've probably guessed that already.
  • Extract from : « Security » by Poul William Anderson
  • His hands fluttered nervously, and he avoided the colonist's eyes.
  • Extract from : « Image of the Gods » by Alan Edward Nourse
  • But if the prisoner was injured, the colonist was not less so.
  • Extract from : « The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2) » by John West
  • This is no uncommon occurrence to the merchant or the colonist of tropical America.
  • Extract from : « The Forest Exiles » by Mayne Reid
  • I wish you would have it inserted in the Globe and Colonist.
  • Extract from : « The Story of My Life » by Egerton Ryerson
  • A Krooman of our party was killed, and a colonist severely wounded.
  • Extract from : « Captain Canot » by Brantz Mayer
  • The colonist thumps the Arab, the Arab the negro, and the Negro thumps the bourriquot.
  • Extract from : « Tartarin de Tarascon » by Alphonse Daudet
  • It may be asked why this neglect of a territory, which would seem so tempting to the colonist?
  • Extract from : « Gaspar the Gaucho » by Mayne Reid
  • My father was a colonist, and these men were like brothers of his.
  • Extract from : « The Relief of Mafeking » by Filson Young
  • The plantations—to work as a kind of white slave for some colonist far-away.
  • Extract from : « Nic Revel » by George Manville Fenn

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