SETTLER

Settler

A settler is a person who has migrated to an area and established permanent residence there, often to colonize the area. Settlers are generally people who take up residence on land.

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settler

Noun

  1. someone who settles in a new location, especially one who makes a previously uninhabited place his home
    the first settlers of New England
  2. someone who decides something, such as a dispute
  3. the person in a betting shop who calculates the winnings
  4. A drink which settles the stomach, especially a bitter drink, often a nightcap.
  5. A vessel, such as a tub, in which something, such as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
  6. That which settles or finishes, such as a blow that decides a contest.


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