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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Four settlers then kick and beat him before running away.
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Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately, one of its directors, Hamdan Ballal, reportedly was attacked by a group of the same Israeli settlers shown in the film about the West Bank destruction of homes by Israeli soldiers.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
Abraham, one of four directors of the documentary — which won an Oscar earlier this month — had taken to X earlier this week to say that Ballal was arrested Monday night after being assaulted by a group of settlers in Ballal’s home village of Susiya.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025
Five American activists from the Center for Jewish Nonviolence also claimed they were assaulted by the Israeli settlers at the scene.
—Jade Walker, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately, one of its directors, Hamdan Ballal, reportedly was attacked by a group of the same Israeli settlers shown in the film about the West Bank destruction of homes by Israeli soldiers.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
Abraham, one of four directors of the documentary — which won an Oscar earlier this month — had taken to X earlier this week to say that Ballal was arrested Monday night after being assaulted by a group of settlers in Ballal’s home village of Susiya.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025
Five American activists from the Center for Jewish Nonviolence also claimed they were assaulted by the Israeli settlers at the scene.
—Jade Walker, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for settler
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“Settler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settler. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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