settler

  • 1settler — ⇒SETTLER, subst. masc. Immigrant qui s établit dans un territoire nouvellement découvert ou dans une colonie; en partic., celui qui prend possession d une terre jusque là inculte. On compte dans les provinces de Victoria, de la Nouvelle Galles du …

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  • 2Settler — Set tler, n. 1. One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England. [1913 Webster] 3. That which… …

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  • 3settler — index domiciliary, habitant, inhabitant, migrant, pioneer, referee, resident Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …

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  • 4settler — 1590s, “a thing that settles” (a debate, etc.); agent noun from SETTLE (Cf. settle). Meaning “a person who moves into a new country” is from 1690s …

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  • 5settler — ► NOUN ▪ a person who settles in an area, especially one with no or few previous inhabitants …

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  • 6settler — [set′lər] n. 1. a person or thing that settles ☆ 2. a person who settles in a new country or colony …

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  • 7Settler — For other uses, see Settler (disambiguation). Pioneers redirects here. For other uses, see Pioneer (disambiguation). A modern (1850) depiction of the first medieval settlers arriving in Iceland A settler is a person who has migrated to an area… …

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  • 8settler — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ early, first, original ▪ English, European, Jewish, etc. VERB + SETTLER ▪ …

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  • 9settler */ — UK [ˈsetlə(r)] / US [ˈsetlər] noun [countable] Word forms settler : singular settler plural settlers someone who goes to live in a place where not many people live, and starts to make it into a community …

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  • 10settler — /ˈsɛtlə / (say setluh) noun 1. someone or something that settles. 2. someone who settles in a new country, especially one who is freeborn and who takes up portions of the land for agriculture: *The real Australia is a delicate country, with a… …