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as in pioneer
a person who settles in a new region
settlers learning to live in peace with the natives
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as in immigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
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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Recent Examples of settler
In the wake of the conflict, settler violence in the West Bank has risen.
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
My life is still at the mercy of the settlers and the occupation.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
The district and town are named for the Massapequa Tribe that lived on Long Island before European settlers arrived in the 1600s.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2025
Manifest destiny is the belief, which was particularly widespread in 1800s America, that US settlers were destined to expand westward across North America.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2025
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
My life is still at the mercy of the settlers and the occupation.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
The district and town are named for the Massapequa Tribe that lived on Long Island before European settlers arrived in the 1600s.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2025
Manifest destiny is the belief, which was particularly widespread in 1800s America, that US settlers were destined to expand westward across North America.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for settler
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And Dana Walden was sort of a pioneer both at Fox’s studio and then at the network of things that were edgy.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
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Since 1997, Powertec has been a pioneer in innovative home and commercial strength equipment, bringing the gym experience into clients’ homes and facilities.—
Kaitlyn Gomez,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Over 100 Florida Highway Patrol officers were also recently sworn in as Special Deputy U.S. Marshalls, authorizing them to arrest undocumented immigrants.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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Despite a 150-year tradition of granting citizenship to everyone born in the United States, Trump said it was never intended for the children of undocumented immigrants or temporary visitors.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Daniel: George Washington isn’t the only Southern colonist who opposed the British monarchy on this issue.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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Gage also miscalculated on the matter of disarming the colonists.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller says President Donald Trump is looking for ways to expand its legal power to deport migrants who are in the United States illegally.—
Will Weissert,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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Even as many New Yorkers, especially migrants, remain regular churchgoers, others have drifted away from the faith.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2025
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Read: Hong Kong is self-destructing Since 2019, more than 5,000 emigrants have moved to the South London borough of Sutton, where a local group organized a camp in 2023 to educate children of the Hong Kong diaspora about Chinese repression.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2025
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The emigrants killed were traveling by wagon to California at the time.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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The March, and the Madrid Accords agreement between Spain, Morocco and Mauretania that followed, signified regime change and the forceful displacement of majority of Sahrawis, many of whom now live in refugee camps in Algeria.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 May 2025
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Former Afghan football captain Khalida Popal speaks out on her country's fall to the Taliban 05:08 FIFA creates pathway to Afghan women’s refugee team FIFA also announced its strategy for action regarding women’s soccer in Afghanistan, which envisions the creation of an Afghan women’s refugee team.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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“Settler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settler. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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