settler
noun
set·tler
ˈse-tᵊl-ər 
ˈset-lər
1
: one that settles something
a settler of disputes
2
: someone who settles in a new region or colony
the first settlers of New England
Examples of settler in a Sentence
settlers learning to live in peace with the natives
in 1889 Jane Addams, in an effort to provide Chicago's latest wave of settlers with much-needed services, founded the city's first settlement house
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In the high desert of Nevada, where irrigation ditches carved by 19th-century settlers still water the fields, the Frey family has perfected the art of growing grain in unlikely places.
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Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 30 Dec. 2025
In Old Sacramento State Historic Park, field-trippers visit the California State Railroad Museum to learn about how locomotives changed the West dramatically, delivering settlers and increasing transcontinental trade.
—Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
The conflict has coincided with an increase in Israeli settler violence and Palestinian attacks on Israelis.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, himself a settler, announced the move in a social media post on Sunday.
—Lucas Lilieholm, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
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Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 30 Dec. 2025
In Old Sacramento State Historic Park, field-trippers visit the California State Railroad Museum to learn about how locomotives changed the West dramatically, delivering settlers and increasing transcontinental trade.
—Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
The conflict has coincided with an increase in Israeli settler violence and Palestinian attacks on Israelis.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, himself a settler, announced the move in a social media post on Sunday.
—Lucas Lilieholm, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for settler
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“Settler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settler. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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