US /ˈsɛt.lɚ/ UK /ˈsɛt.lə/
noun Freq #42585

Meanings

  1. 1
    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

Etymology

From settle + -er.

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