settler

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈsɛt.lɚ/ UK /ˈsɛt.lə/ See IPA manual

Homophones

settlor /ˈsɛtlɚ/

Freq #42585

Meanings

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noun
A person who moves to live in a new area or country, especially one that few people have lived in before.

The early settlers built their homes near the river.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who moves to live... colonist

Word family

Forms settlers

Derived forms antisettlerbacksettlercosettlermixer-settlernonsettleroutsettlersettlasettlerdomsettlerhoodsettlerismsettlerist

Related forms settlement

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Proverbs (1)

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Pioneers get arrows in their backs
Matching variant: Pioneers get the arrows and settlers get the land

Etymology

From settle + -er.

Topics

People & Society

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