as in settler
a person who settles in a new region
the first colonizers of Easter Island must have faced untold challenges
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Recent Examples of colonizer
Rather than using the traditional Pais, the grape first brought by Spanish colonizers, Lapostolle makes its XO Pisco with Muscat from Limari and Elqui valleys that is distilled in a still from Cognac and aged for six years in French oak barrels.
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Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 9 May 2025
The colonizers in Vegas booed Bianca Belair more than ever during Belair’s attempt at a promo.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
To just show up, uninvited, and sit in the most visible region of your face is honestly giving colonizer energy.
—Essence Gant, Allure, 16 Apr. 2025
Freed from the selection pressures of their original environment—such as competitors, predators, or disease—successful colonizers could exploit new ecological opportunities, much like many invasive species that flourish in novel habitats.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 9 May 2025
The colonizers in Vegas booed Bianca Belair more than ever during Belair’s attempt at a promo.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
To just show up, uninvited, and sit in the most visible region of your face is honestly giving colonizer energy.
—Essence Gant, Allure, 16 Apr. 2025
Freed from the selection pressures of their original environment—such as competitors, predators, or disease—successful colonizers could exploit new ecological opportunities, much like many invasive species that flourish in novel habitats.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colonizer
Noun
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But European settlers and trappers killed off most of the big cats living in the eastern two-thirds of the continent.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
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Biden’s sanctions on some West Bank settlers were eliminated.—
ALUF BENN,
Foreign Affairs,
5 June 2025
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William Arruda is a keynote speaker, author, and personal branding pioneer.—
William Arruda,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Brian Wilson, leader of The Beach Boys, widely acknowledged as one of America’s all-time greatest composers, a pioneer of advanced studio techniques, and one of the most sensitive chroniclers of the Californian experience, has died at age 82.—
Barry Walters,
Billboard,
11 June 2025
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Seventeenth-century colonists believed that hairstyling—such as its ornamentation and its length—offered important evidence of a person’s social identity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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The thousands of white French colonists who fled Haiti and arrived in American communities after a particular moment of disruption in June 1793 were met with open arms, receiving support from private groups, state governments, and the U.S. Congress alike.—
Time,
Time,
9 June 2025
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The Hedges Inn—the beloved hotel housed in a 19th-century colonial home on the cusp of East Hampton Town—has found new stewards in Andrew and Sarah Wetenhall.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
23 May 2025
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Mediation is a delicate subject in India because of the country’s bruising colonial experience; it is often equated with an assault on Indian sovereignty.—
Vaibhav Vats,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2025
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“Colonizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonizer. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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