settler (Meaning)
settler (n)
a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
a negotiator who settles disputes
a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings
settler (n.)
One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc.
Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England.
That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest.
A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
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settler Sentence Examples
- The settlers established a colony in the wilderness where they hoped to find a better life.
- The Native Americans resisted the encroachment of white settlers onto their traditional lands.
- The Puritans were a group of English settlers who left their homeland to establish a new society based on their religious beliefs.
- The Vikings were skilled settlers who established colonies in Greenland, Iceland, and other parts of the North Atlantic.
- The settlers faced many hardships in the early days of their colony, including disease, starvation, and conflict with Native Americans.
- The British government sent settlers to North America to establish new colonies and expand its empire.
- The Dutch settlers in New York established a thriving colony based on trade and agriculture.
- The Spanish settlers in Mexico and South America established vast empires based on the exploitation of indigenous peoples.
- The French settlers in Canada established a trading empire that stretched from the Atlantic coast to the Rocky Mountains.
- The European settlers in Africa and Asia established colonies that would eventually lead to the partition of those continents.
FAQs About the word settler
a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country, a negotiator who settles disputes, a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winningsOne who
colonist,pioneer, colonizer, homesteader, frontiersman, explorer,colonial, woodsman,pathfinder, mountain man
citizen, inhabitant, resident, native,native, nonimmigrant, nonimmigrant, resident, inhabitant, citizen
The settlers established a colony in the wilderness where they hoped to find a better life.
The Native Americans resisted the encroachment of white settlers onto their traditional lands.
The Puritans were a group of English settlers who left their homeland to establish a new society based on their religious beliefs.
The Vikings were skilled settlers who established colonies in Greenland, Iceland, and other parts of the North Atlantic.
