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as in colonists
a person who settles in a new region
settlers learning to live in peace with the natives
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as in immigrants
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 settlers
White settlers, however, viewed the growing Ghost Dance practice as a harbinger of insurrection.
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Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2024
People freed from slavery were largely able to stake their claim on the area in the mid-1800s because white settlers passed it over.
—Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Dec. 2024
In the towns and kibbutzim of the Golan, news of the plan to increase the number of settlers was met with a mixture of skepticism, excitement and shock.
—Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Previous government attempts to attract more settlers have had little success — in large part because of a lack of job opportunities and the long distance from major cities.
—Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Abu Awad was dismissive of the government’s plan to double the number of settlers.
—Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Their culture and hunting livelihoods were destroyed as white settlers seized their lands and pursued fortunes of gold in the Black Hills of what had become South Dakota.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2024
The flags mostly came first, their designs emerging from the seals of Colonial documents, family crests of early settlers, and the uniforms of early militias.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2024
Early settlers in what is today the town of Davie arrived there after building the Panama Canal and gave the area its first name, Zona.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2024
Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2024
People freed from slavery were largely able to stake their claim on the area in the mid-1800s because white settlers passed it over.
—Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Dec. 2024
In the towns and kibbutzim of the Golan, news of the plan to increase the number of settlers was met with a mixture of skepticism, excitement and shock.
—Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Previous government attempts to attract more settlers have had little success — in large part because of a lack of job opportunities and the long distance from major cities.
—Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Abu Awad was dismissive of the government’s plan to double the number of settlers.
—Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Their culture and hunting livelihoods were destroyed as white settlers seized their lands and pursued fortunes of gold in the Black Hills of what had become South Dakota.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2024
The flags mostly came first, their designs emerging from the seals of Colonial documents, family crests of early settlers, and the uniforms of early militias.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2024
Early settlers in what is today the town of Davie arrived there after building the Panama Canal and gave the area its first name, Zona.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for settlers
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Recommended for European travelers and colonists heading to the East in the late 1800s, quinine was initially added to various alcoholic beverages to mask its bitterness.Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2024
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Hot, wet, insect-ridden, and with a climate that made early colonists exceptionally susceptible to disease, the islands became the center of an idea formulated in Paris in the mid-nineteenth century.Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
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Over half a million migrants have crossed through Panama on their journey north toward Mexico and, ultimately, the United States.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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Some aid organizations have criticized France’s treatment of migrants on Mayotte, where citizenship and residency rules for foreign nationals are stricter than in the rest of France.Julie Bourdin, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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In neighboring Chad, both refugees and locals cope with this extraordinary upheaval.Marc Silver, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
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This approach is based on giving refugees opportunities to define what’s important to them and then helping to make this a reality.Paul Klein, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Settlers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settlers. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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