settler
pronunciation
How to pronounce settler in British English:
UK [ˈsetlə(r)]
How to pronounce settler in American English:
US [ˈsetlər]
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- Noun:
- a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
- a negotiator who settles disputes
- a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings
Word Origin
- settler (n.)
- 1590s, "a thing that settles" (a debate, etc.); agent noun from settle (v.). Meaning "a person who moves into a new country" is from 1690s.
Example
- 1. The police confronted a man suspected of being a settler .
- 2. They now scour the land , watching out for settler raids .
- 3. Israel approves new settler homes in east jerusalem
- 4. Israel 's knesset rejected a bill that would have recognised illegal jewish settler outposts on the west bank in defiance of a supreme court ruling .
- 5. Before his release , arthur became the first white settler known to have crossed through the cumberland gap using part of what would become the wilderness road .