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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
Yet, despite the seemingly good educational intentions behind them, the villages relied on views of the country’s Indigenous peoples that were defined during colonization by White settlers.
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Ashley Gardini, JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 2025
Most of them were Protestant descendants of the English and Scottish settlers who benefitted from the wholesale expropriation of land from Catholic owners in the seventeenth century.
—Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Viewers see the local playground being torn down, the killing of Adra’s brother by Israeli soldiers, and other attacks by Jewish settlers while the community tries to survive.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
On Shackleford Banks, keep an eye out for the island’s famed wild horses, which are descended from Spanish mustangs brought and abandoned by European settlers in the 1500s.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Ashley Gardini, JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 2025
Most of them were Protestant descendants of the English and Scottish settlers who benefitted from the wholesale expropriation of land from Catholic owners in the seventeenth century.
—Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Viewers see the local playground being torn down, the killing of Adra’s brother by Israeli soldiers, and other attacks by Jewish settlers while the community tries to survive.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
On Shackleford Banks, keep an eye out for the island’s famed wild horses, which are descended from Spanish mustangs brought and abandoned by European settlers in the 1500s.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for settler
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The menu lists 10 varieties of premium cuts, ranging from Japanese A5 wagyu striploin to bavette from Snake River Farms, known as pioneers of American wagyu.—
Spencer Whaley,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Look for clinics that pioneer advancements rather than simply follow trends.—
Rowan Briggs,
The Mercury News,
19 Mar. 2025
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The arrest came as people with ties to American universities, most of whom have shown support for pro-Palestinian causes, have been detained in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2025
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But there are multiple factors that are unique to Spain, including the fact that the majority of Spain's immigrants come from Latin America.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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But there is no question that the document drafted by the victorious colonists to formally end the war, the Treaty of Hartford of 1638, directed that surviving Pequots be sold into slavery and stripped of their lands, history and tribal name.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2025
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Nova Scotia’s Black population is the oldest in the country, tracing back four centuries since the arrival of French colonists in the 1600s.—
Sara Miller Llana,
The Christian Science Monitor,
14 Feb. 2025
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Also, any migrant caught trying to enter the U.S. illegally was banned from benefiting from the program.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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Cabello said that of 920 migrants returned via five flights since February, only 16 have ongoing judicial processes in Venezuela.—
Vivian Sequera,
USA TODAY,
22 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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In the massacre, settlers of the LDS Church involved in a territorial militia killed 120 American western emigrants.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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Over a decade ago, the Department of Defense warned that climate change would exacerbate natural disasters, refugee crises, and resource conflicts.—
Anjali Chaudhry,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Bright bursts of color: Born into war, Abdi finds peace in a refugee camp Abdi came to a Kenyan refugee camp in the arms of her mother, a baby born to a country at war.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Settler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settler. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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