as in settler
a person who settles in a new region
the first colonizers of Easter Island must have faced untold challenges
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Recent Examples of colonizer
Rather than using the traditional Pais, the grape first brought by Spanish colonizers, Lapostolle makes its XO Pisco with Muscat from Limari and Elqui valleys that is distilled in a still from Cognac and aged for six years in French oak barrels.
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Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 9 May 2025
The colonizers in Vegas booed Bianca Belair more than ever during Belair’s attempt at a promo.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
To just show up, uninvited, and sit in the most visible region of your face is honestly giving colonizer energy.
—Essence Gant, Allure, 16 Apr. 2025
Freed from the selection pressures of their original environment—such as competitors, predators, or disease—successful colonizers could exploit new ecological opportunities, much like many invasive species that flourish in novel habitats.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 9 May 2025
The colonizers in Vegas booed Bianca Belair more than ever during Belair’s attempt at a promo.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
To just show up, uninvited, and sit in the most visible region of your face is honestly giving colonizer energy.
—Essence Gant, Allure, 16 Apr. 2025
Freed from the selection pressures of their original environment—such as competitors, predators, or disease—successful colonizers could exploit new ecological opportunities, much like many invasive species that flourish in novel habitats.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colonizer
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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.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
27 May 2025
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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
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The film explores transgender identity and legacy, chronicling the divergent paths of iconic pioneers April Ashley, Amanda Lear and others.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
30 May 2025
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Consistent with his other boutiques, the space’s interior incorporates marble and terrazzo, paired with furnishings by celebrated artists like French Art Deco pioneer Jacques Adnet, American designer Edward Wormley and American woodworker and architect George Nakashima.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
30 May 2025
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Drawing upon the ongoing 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, Trump shared the names and ages of a few of the colonists killed at the 1775 battle of Lexington and Concord, which marked the start of the colonialists' revolt against British rule.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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The act’s most controversial reform, however, was expanding the official boundary of Quebec to the Ohio River Valley, which conflicted with prominent American colonists’ property interests and their hopes of expanding on the Western frontier.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 May 2025
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From 18th-century colonial ports to Harlem ballrooms and modern red carpets, the Black dandy has consistently used tailoring as a way to reclaim autonomy in a world designed to deny it.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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France, which also lost a war in Vietnam, sent a minister to last year's celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the end of the battle of Dien Bien Phu, when French colonial rule collapsed.—
Minh Nguyen and Francesco Guarascio,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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“Colonizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonizer. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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