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Meanings of colonist in anglès

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

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        Examples for "settler"
        1
        Tom wasn't exactly a pioneer, but he was certainly an early settler.
        Climbing Magazine
        2
        The settler brought the young fellow out dressed in his own clothes.
        The Rising of the Court
        3
        He opposes the encroachments of the settler, and the building of railroads.
        A Brief History of the United States
        4
        To the average settler the land was the prime source of livelihood.
        The Winning of the West, Volume 3 / The Founding of the Trans-Al...
        5
        The settler may have his Shakespeare; he will surely have his Bible.
        The Greatest English Classic / A Study of the King James Version...
        Usage of colonist in anglès
        1
        There are eight left in orbit; three cargo ships, the rest colonist-carriers.
        The Reality Dysfunction
        2
        Surely some people could have been taken up to the orbiting colonist-carriers.
        The Reality Dysfunction
        3
        I am; at least I am a Cape colonist descended from Dutchmen.
        The Settler and the Savage
        4
        These incessant attacks at length overthrow the ennobling philosophy of the colonist.
        The Bushman — Life in a New Country
        5
        But if the prisoner was injured, the colonist was not less so.
        The History of Tasmania , Volume II
        6
        The colonist being a British subject is to be given a vote.
        The Canadian Commonwealth
        7
        Nine starships in a parking orbit, seven colonist-carriers and two cargo ships.
        The Reality Dysfunction
        8
        The colonist who brings this boon to Africa must be an African.
        The Future of the Colored Race in America / Being an article in ...
        9
        Rumors of fat, fertile lands induce the colonist to become a pioneer.
        The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the...
        10
        He is not allowed to be any thing else than a colonist.
        Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
        11
        I am an Englishman,-ora colonist, if you like the term better.
        Montlivet
        12
        The French colonist did his work magnificently in the new home.
        The Fighting Governor : A Chronicle of Frontenac
        13
        Two were recognizable colonist types: dungarees, thick cotton work shirts, and woolly beards.
        The Reality Dysfunction
        14
        Naturally this became the strongest of all the settlements of the colonist company.
        Mormon Settlement in Arizona / A Record of Peaceful Conquest of ...
        15
        Israel would be not only a conqueror, but a colonist and a civilizer.
        Discipline and Other Sermons
        16
        I didn't come here because I wanted to be a colonist.
        Ender’s Game
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