settler

About 1.65 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Someone who settles in a new location; especially one who takes up residence in a previously uninhabited place.

   the first settlers of New England

2. noun Someone who decides or settles something, such as a dispute.
3. noun That which settles or finishes, such as a blow that decides a contest.
4. noun The person in a betting shop who calculates the winnings.
5. noun A drink which settles the stomach, especially a bitter drink, often a nightcap.
6. noun A vessel, such as a tub, in which something, such as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.

Similar words

colonist immigration immigrant resettlement settling colonization colonisation colonizer settlement colony

Often followed by

in of and who was to on population colonies

Word family

settlers