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as in pioneer
a person who settles in a new region
settlers learning to live in peace with the natives
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as in immigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
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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Recent Examples of settler
Trump’s order specifically referred to Afrikaners, descendants of mainly Dutch colonial settlers who arrived in South Africa in the 1600s and controlled the country from 1948 to 1994 through the racial separation laws known as apartheid.
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Brian Bennett, Time, 12 May 2025
Kashmiris greeted Modi’s decision with protests, claiming that his real goal was to inundate the state with Hindu settlers.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, a Black man known as the city’s first non-native settler, sold his properties in Chicago.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
In the 18th century, the Boston Tea Party helped tip the nation permanently toward coffee, and Scotch-Irish settlers kick-started American potato growing in New Hampshire.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
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Brian Bennett, Time, 12 May 2025
Kashmiris greeted Modi’s decision with protests, claiming that his real goal was to inundate the state with Hindu settlers.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, a Black man known as the city’s first non-native settler, sold his properties in Chicago.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
In the 18th century, the Boston Tea Party helped tip the nation permanently toward coffee, and Scotch-Irish settlers kick-started American potato growing in New Hampshire.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for settler
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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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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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While Trump said his administration would target undocumented migrants who had committed serious crimes, ICE has detained dozens of nonviolent immigrants without legal status.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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The same state Supreme Court suspended Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan back in April after federal officials accused the judge of allegedly helping an immigrant avoid arrest by federal immigration authorities.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
28 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 Afrikaners, descendants of mainly Dutch colonists, left Johannesburg on Sunday night.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
12 May 2025
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McIver's prosecution follows last month's arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, who is accused of helping a migrant evade arrest by ICE agents.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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The protections in place, known as the Flores Settlement, largely limit to 72 hours the amount of time that child migrants traveling alone or with family are detained by the U.S. Border Patrol.—
Valerie Gonzalez,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, there were some 143,000 Ivorian emigrants living in France in 2020.—
Christopher Clark,
The Dial,
13 May 2025
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The tradition came from the legacy of a Dane emigrant named Max Henius, who corralled his friends to buy land and gift it to the crown in order to fete the links between his original and adopted countries.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
8 May 2025
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This story has been updated to reflect the shooting incident occurred near the Jenin refugee camp, not within the camp.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
22 May 2025
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Erdogan said a committee had been formed to work out what to do with the prisoners, particularly women and children held at refugee camps such as Al-Hol in northern Syria.—
Andrew Wilks,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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“Settler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settler. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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