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Meanings of coloniser in English

Catalan
colonitzador
Spanish
colonizador

Someone who helps to found a colony.

        colonitzador
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        Examples for "colonizer"
        Examples for "colonizer"
        1
        The commonwealth is presided over by the colonizer and we reject that.
        The South African
        2
        With this inglorious departure ends the career of the first great French colonizer.
        Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. / Voyages Of Discove...
        3
        Juan de Oñate was the real colonizer of this new country.
        The Old Franciscan Missions Of California
        4
        He is the discoverer at his best, but the colonizer at his worst.
        A Hero and Some Other Folks
        5
        Streptococcus sanguinis is a primary colonizer of teeth and is associated with oral health.
        Pubmed
        Usage of coloniser in English
        1
        The coloniser's genocidal tendencies threatened to drive an underpowered native population to extinction.
        The South African
        2
        They marched to deliver three different memorandums "dealing with the settler coloniser".
        The South African
        3
        The most relevant comparison in success is to the country's neighbour and former coloniser Japan.
        The Guardian
        4
        I was writing a pæan to a great coloniser.
        The Inheritors
        5
        France is the former coloniser of Ivory Coast, and has had poor relations with Gbagbo.
        The Guardian
        6
        He said former coloniser Britain wanted to maintain influence in the once prosperous southern African nation.
        Reuters
        7
        The message is stark and clear: colonialism degrades the colonised and makes a monster of coloniser.
        The Irish Times
        8
        Objective: Streptococcus oralis is an early coloniser of the oral cavity that contributes to dental plaque formation.
        Pubmed
        9
        He helped to make him a great general: but he helped to make him more- agreatpolitician, coloniser, discoverer.
        Scientific Essays and Lectures
        10
        Indians and Pakistanis are instead heading to the Gulf instead of to their former British coloniser to look for work.
        The South African
        11
        This British native is a coloniser of woods and coppices and when it is happy it will seed to form drifts.
        The Guardian
        12
        Mr Goa said his side would negotiate with the coloniser directly should voters not return full sovereignty to the indigenous Kanak people.
        Radio NZ
        13
        A country which never was our coloniser...
        Reuters
        14
        In the last stage of his address he was the coloniser, the statesman, the social wizard who would recast character and rearrange humanity.
        The Authoritative Life of General William Booth, Founder of the ...
        15
        Some of the pieces include a sculpture doing the fingers pointed at the Endeavour, and a video game about taking down the coloniser.
        Radio NZ
        16
        Spanish, British, and French colonisers all fought vicious wars with native tribes.
        BBC
        Translations for coloniser
        Coloniser through the time