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
- 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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