colonist

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

US /ˈkɑlənɪst/ UK /ˈkɒlənɪst/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a settler in or inhabitant of a colony

Each colonist was granted a plot of land along the river.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a settler in or inhabitant... settler pioneer immigrant frontiersman emigrant

Opposites

native indigene aborigine

Word family

Related forms colony colonial colonize colonialism

Etymology

From colony + -ist, from Latin colonia ('settlement'), from colonus ('farmer, settler'), from colere ('to cultivate, inhabit').

colonia Latin colere Latin

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Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# colonist

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɑlənɪst/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒlənɪst/

## Meanings
1. a settler in or inhabitant of a colony

## Examples
- Each colonist was granted a plot of land along the river.

## Synonyms
- settler
- pioneer
- immigrant
- frontiersman
- emigrant

## Antonyms
- native
- indigene
- aborigine

## Related Forms
- colony
- colonial
- colonize
- colonialism

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: colonia
- Root: colere

## Etymology
From colony + -ist, from Latin colonia ('settlement'), from colonus ('farmer, settler'), from colere ('to cultivate, inhabit').

## AI Etymology
Colonist comes from colony + -ist, from Latin colonia ('settlement'), from colonus ('farmer, settler'), from colere ('to cultivate, inhabit'). The historical trail runs through colonia in Latin and colere in Latin. Morphologically, colonist is transparent: it draws on colony + -ist, from Latin colonia ('settlement'), from colonus ('farmer, settler'), from colere ('to cultivate, inhabit'). Used as a noun, colonist now means "a settler in or inhabitant of a colony", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as colony, colonial, colonize, and colonialism. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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