settler
noun
set·tler
ˈse-tᵊl-ər 
ˈset-lər
1
: one that settles something
a settler of disputes
2
: someone who settles in a new region or colony
the first settlers of New England
Examples of settler in a Sentence
settlers learning to live in peace with the natives
in 1889 Jane Addams, in an effort to provide Chicago's latest wave of settlers with much-needed services, founded the city's first settlement house
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Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, a Black man known as the city’s first non-native settler, sold his properties in Chicago.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
In the 18th century, the Boston Tea Party helped tip the nation permanently toward coffee, and Scotch-Irish settlers kick-started American potato growing in New Hampshire.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
When the country was founded, the liberal legal order applied to European settlers, while Native Americans and enslaved people were subjected to a more authoritarian, violent system.
—Amanda Taub, New York Times, 3 May 2025
While Australia has been inhabited by Aboriginal peoples for at least 65,000 years, the first European settlers arrived in 1788, with the first Chinese following just 30 years later.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
In the 18th century, the Boston Tea Party helped tip the nation permanently toward coffee, and Scotch-Irish settlers kick-started American potato growing in New Hampshire.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
When the country was founded, the liberal legal order applied to European settlers, while Native Americans and enslaved people were subjected to a more authoritarian, violent system.
—Amanda Taub, New York Times, 3 May 2025
While Australia has been inhabited by Aboriginal peoples for at least 65,000 years, the first European settlers arrived in 1788, with the first Chinese following just 30 years later.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Settler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settler. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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