settler Definition
set·tler (set′lər)
noun
- a person or thing that settles
- ☆ a person who settles in a new country or colony
settler Synonyms
settler Usage Examples
Converse of object
- arrive: The first settlers arrived in 1865, hoping to found a ' New Wales ' .
- attract: Greenland got its name from the verdant pastures that attracted the Norse settlers under Eric the Red in 986.
- bring: These men brought British settlers from Bermuda to the island of New Providence.
- encourage: The Society wanted to encourage settlers to the Highlands of Scotland.
- attack: British efforts to encourage Indians to attack rebellious settlers backfired on them.
Preposition: in
century: The town was settled by Scottish settlers in the nineteenth century.
Adjective modifier
- Norse: In the 9th century, the Scots were supplanted by Norse settlers.
- Dutch: The Boer Wars The Boers were the Dutch settlers in South Africa, who had arrived in the late 17th century.
- Scandinavian: The first recorded name for the island came from the Scandinavian settlers to the area.
- Danish: The Danish settlers who laid claim to land in the Dales from the late 8th century left almost no archeological evidence.
Modifies a noun
- colony: This was certainly not a settlers colony, the rocky, barren outcrop was little more than a fishing station.
- population: The settler population in East Jerusalem is at present estimated to be 170,000.
- society: Her current project is a comparative study of settler society children's literature.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near settler
- ‹ settlement risk
- ‹ settlement process
- ‹ settlement price
- ‹ settlement
- ‹ settled
- ‹ settle up
- ‹ settle
- ‹ setting-up exercises
- ‹ setting
- ‹ setter

