settler

IPA: sˈɛtʌɫɝ

noun

  • Someone who settles in a new location, especially one who takes up residence in a previously uninhabited place; a colonist.
  • Someone who decides or settles something, such as a dispute.
  • (colloquial) That which settles or finishes, such as a blow that decides a contest.
  • (Britain) The person in a betting shop who calculates the winnings.
  • A drink which settles the stomach, especially a bitter drink, often a nightcap.
  • A vessel, such as a tub, in which something, such as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
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Examples of "settler" in Sentences

  • The settlers arrived in the area.
  • The settlers' enmity continued to grow.
  • He opposed the expulsion of the settlers.
  • He opposed to the expulsion of the settlers.
  • The settlers turned to cannibalism to survive.
  • White settlers reacted strongly to the insecurity.
  • We have the precedent of the settlers in the Sinai.
  • Some of the peat was burned by settlers to clear the land.
  • It tells of the story of settlers and the hardships they had to endure.
  • Robinson was to be brought in as a conciliator between settlers and aborigines.

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