Synonyms for settler

Grammar : Noun

Spell : set-ler, -l-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛt lər, -l ər

Définition of settler

Origin : 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.

noun pioneer
noun colonizer

Example sentences :

Some settler is introduced, or introduces himself, who is travelling too.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

It was from the wife of a settler whom we speak of as the Member.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

I have, therefore, written from the point of view of a settler.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

There had been an auction of the effects of a settler, who was moving off to the South Island.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

A settler had lost a cow and he had accused the Apaches of stealing the animal.
Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt

We visited every settler's cabin and secured the belongings not destroyed.
Extract from : « Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail » by Ezra Meeker

His problem, like the other, is being settled by the settler.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 » by Various

The settler who had a roomy house often had also the meeting.
Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle

"Yes, I've great faith in Houston," was the other settler's answer.
Extract from : « For the Liberty of Texas » by Edward Stratemeyer

It is a country whose aspect has little to attract the settler.
Extract from : « Impressions of South Africa » by James Bryce

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