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
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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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Due to a lack of hedgehogs, the settlers began using another hibernating mammal: the groundhog.
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Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
Violence has grown in the West Bank; settlers are out of control, even as President Donald Trump has lifted sanctions on them; and there is more talk of annexation of the West Bank by Israel, which would most likely mean denying Palestinians democratic rights.
—Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Several days later, dozens of settlers conducted an attack in the Palestinian village of Funduk in the West Bank.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
Some support the settlers’ claim to a biblical right to the West Bank because of the Jewish kingdoms that existed there in antiquity.
—Joseph Krauss, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
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Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
Violence has grown in the West Bank; settlers are out of control, even as President Donald Trump has lifted sanctions on them; and there is more talk of annexation of the West Bank by Israel, which would most likely mean denying Palestinians democratic rights.
—Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Several days later, dozens of settlers conducted an attack in the Palestinian village of Funduk in the West Bank.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
Some support the settlers’ claim to a biblical right to the West Bank because of the Jewish kingdoms that existed there in antiquity.
—Joseph Krauss, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Settler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settler. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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