settler

Meanings

1. 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. 2
   noun

   A drink which settles the stomach, especially a bitter drink, often a nightcap.

   [H]aving got out the rum bottle for a quiet “settler” just as the victim of his fascinations glided through the carefully adjusted door, he had been persuaded to go on drinking.

3. 3
   noun

   A vessel, such as a tub, in which something, such as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.

   First, there will be little reaction in the settler so that the concentrations of soluble constituents in the recycle stream are the same as those in the bioreactor.

4. 4
   noun

   a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country

5. 5
   noun

   a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings

6. 6
   noun

   a negotiator who settles disputes

7. 7
   noun

   Someone who decides or settles something, such as a dispute.

8. 8
   noun

   That which settles or finishes, such as a blow that decides a contest.

Etymology

From settle + -er.