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
Examples of settler in a Sentence
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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This year’s Flag March again coincided with the war in Gaza, now in its 20th month, and escalating Israeli military operations against Palestinian militants in the West Bank, where settler attacks targeting Palestinian residents have been on the rise.
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Reuters, NBC news, 27 May 2025
Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby, Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney, and Daniel Brühl are among the stars gone enjoyably unhinged for this true story of melodramatic conflict among the European settlers of a Galápagos island.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Canada has already imposed a series of sanctions against Israel over the last two years related to settler violence in the West Bank.
—Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Still standing in the park is a cabin built in 1845 by the mountain’s second white settler, John Walker.
—Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 19 May 2025
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Reuters, NBC news, 27 May 2025
Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby, Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney, and Daniel Brühl are among the stars gone enjoyably unhinged for this true story of melodramatic conflict among the European settlers of a Galápagos island.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Canada has already imposed a series of sanctions against Israel over the last two years related to settler violence in the West Bank.
—Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Still standing in the park is a cabin built in 1845 by the mountain’s second white settler, John Walker.
—Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 19 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for settler
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“Settler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settler. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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