Synonyms for settlers

Grammar : Noun

Spell : set-ler, -l-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛt lər, -l ər

Définition of settlers

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 colonizer
noun pioneer

Example sentences :

The horses will be furnished by the settlers, many having already been promised me.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

Settlers, gloomily acquiescent in an unjust fate, brightened at his heralding.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

These are the people who bring to our settlers horses, oxen, and cows.
Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz

The settlers had suffered so much from the enemy that they were eager to take their revenge.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 19, 1880 » by Various

Upon the fort being abandoned by the settlers, the Indians burned it.
Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers

It stands on the site of a blockhouse erected by the Swedish settlers in 1677.
Extract from : « The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia » by Frank Cousins

It is certain that wine was made from this species by the English settlers at Jamestown.
Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick

That was the way they used to call the settlers together when anything was the matter.
Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various

These tracts of land are called “The Bush;” and the settlers on these lands are called Bushmen.
Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various

It used to be Boston, but the settlers around there were largely from Missouri.
Extract from : « The Boy Settlers » by Noah Brooks

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