settler colony

noun

plural settler colonies

: a colony that is established by migrants from a colonizing nation or state and that functions to extend and maintain the colonizing power's control over the area : a colony resulting from settler colonialism

The smaller the settler colony, the more restrictions it placed on the rights of the natives. This was a function of vulnerability and fear. It was also a function of the ethnic and class composition of the settlers.

—Thomas G. Mitchell

The reality is that all settler colonies have a mixture of settlers with varying intentions and motivations.

—Muhannad Ayyash

… Australian, British and American settlers in the Fiji islands, intent on preparing the islands for annexation as a settler colony of New South Wales, protested violently against attempts by Indigenous leaders to negotiate a legal framework for colonial settlement.

—Tracey Banivanua Mar

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above