colonist (redirected from Colonists)

col·o·nist  (kl-nst)

n.

1. An original settler or founder of a colony.

2. An inhabitant of a colony.

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colonist [ˈkɒlənɪst]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who settles or colonizes an area

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an inhabitant or member of a colony

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

colonist - a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country settler migrant, migrator - traveler who moves from one region or country to another Pilgrim Father, Pilgrim - one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620 pioneer - one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory; "they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them" sourdough - a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska) homesteader, nester, squatter - someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it

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colonist

noun settler, immigrant, pioneer, colonial, homesteader (U.S.), colonizer, frontiersman The apple was brought over here by the colonists when they came.

Translations

colonist [ˈkɒlənɪst] N (= pioneer) → colonizador(a) m/f; (= inhabitant) → colono m

colonist [ˈkɒlənɪst] n → colon m

colonist

n → Kolonist(in) m(f), → Siedler(in) m(f)

colonist [ˈkɒlənɪst] n → colonizzatore/trice