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colonist

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col·o·nist  (kl-nst)
n.
1. An original settler or founder of a colony.
2. An inhabitant of a colony.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.colonistcolonist - a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
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

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] ncolon m
colonist
nKolonist(in) m(f), → Siedler(in) m(f)
colonist [ˈkɒlənɪst] ncolonizzatore/trice
colonist [ˈkɒlənɪst] ncolonizzatore/trice


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The hardy colonist, and the trained European who fought at his side, frequently expended months in struggling against the rapids of the streams, or in effecting the rugged passes of the mountains, in quest of an opportunity to exhibit their courage in a more martial conflict.
Among his other acts of folly Captain Kirke took a woman passenger on board at that place -- not a young woman by any means -- the elderly widow of a rich colonist.
He had not the rich complexion of the typical colonist, being indeed peculiarly pale, but it appeared that he had been confined to his berth for the greater part of the voyage, while his prematurely gray hair was sufficient proof that the rigors of bush life had at last undermined an originally tough constitution.
 
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