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
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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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Named after the first European settlers to travel through this part of the world, this park near the Canadian border is known for its waterways, its dark, starry skies, and the regular appearance of the aurora borealis.
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2024
But the threat of development seemed imminent, whether by residential settlers or logging and mining companies.
—Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2024
The building on Cherry Valley Road was constructed in the 1840s by George Washington Stickney, an early settler of the area who arrived from New Hampshire.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
In just the past decade, David Grann’s Killers of the Flower Moon, adapted into a movie by Martin Scorsese, publicized the true story of the Osage Nation’s extraordinary wealth after oil was found beneath tribal land—and the string of murders by white settlers intent on stealing that wealth.
—Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2024
But the threat of development seemed imminent, whether by residential settlers or logging and mining companies.
—Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2024
The building on Cherry Valley Road was constructed in the 1840s by George Washington Stickney, an early settler of the area who arrived from New Hampshire.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
In just the past decade, David Grann’s Killers of the Flower Moon, adapted into a movie by Martin Scorsese, publicized the true story of the Osage Nation’s extraordinary wealth after oil was found beneath tribal land—and the string of murders by white settlers intent on stealing that wealth.
—Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Settler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settler. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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