settler

UK/ˈsɛt.lə/US/ˈsɛt.lɚ/

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,273 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: settlers

A settler is somebody who makes a home in a new territory. The first settlers.

The word hides whether anybody was already living there, which is why it is argued about. A settler is described very differently by the people who were there first.

Definitions of settler

1nounsettlerSomebody who makes a home in a new territory.B2+
“The settler built the first house out of turf.”

settler is a person.

Where it comes from

From settle + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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settler in the wild

In total, over 450,000 Israeli settlers reside in the West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem, with an additional 220,000 Israeli settlers residing in East Jerusalem.
Israeli settlement
Additionally, over 25,000 Israeli settlers live in Syria's Golan Heights.
Israeli settlement
A settler or colonist is a person who establishes or joins a permanent presence that is separate to existing communities.
Settler
The entity that settlers establish is a settlement.
Settler
In North America the word "homestead" historically referred to land claimed by a settler or squatter under the Homestead Acts (United States) or the Dominion Lands Act (Canada).
Homestead (building)

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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