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settler
- /ˈsɛt.lɚ/ US
- /ˈsɛt.l̩.ɚ/ US
- /ˈsɛt.lə/ UK
- /ˈsɛt.l̩.ə/ UK
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noun settlers
- Someone who settles in a new location; especially one who takes up residence in a previously uninhabited place. the first settlers of New England
- Someone who decides or settles something, such as a dispute. The paddles were enormously versatile, serving as radio-antenna masts, shovels, ice prods, snow knives, and potential argument settlers—whoever had one in his hand at the time would win.
- That which settles or finishes, such as a blow that decides a contest.
- The person in a betting shop who calculates the winnings.
- A drink which settles the stomach, especially a bitter drink, often a nightcap. [H]aving got out the rum bottle for a quiet “settler” just as the victim of his fascinations glided through the carefully adjusted door, he had been persuaded to go on drinking.
- A vessel, such as a tub, in which something, such as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle. First, there will be little reaction in the settler so that the concentrations of soluble constituents in the recycle stream are the same as those in the bioreactor.
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Closest in meaning: colonist, immigration, immigrant, resettlement, settling, colonization, colonisation, colonizer, settlement, colony, capita, colonial, pioneer, outpost, colon, punk
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noun someone who settles in a new location
| Español | colono, colona, colonizador, colonizadora |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 入植者 nyūshokusha, 開拓者 kaitakusha |
| 中文 | 定居者 dìngjūzhě, 開拓者 /开拓者 kāituòzhě, 殖民者 zhímínzhě |
| Kiswahili | mlowezi, setla |
| Português | colono, colona |
| Français | colon |
| Deutsch | Siedler, Siedlerin, Ansiedler, Ansiedlerin, Kolonist, Kolonistin |
| Italiano | colonizzatore, colonizzatrice, colono, colona |
| Ελληνικά | άποικος ápoikos, έποικος époikos |
| Română | colonist, colonistă |
| Русский | поселе́нец poselénec, поселе́нка poselénka, колони́ст koloníst, колони́стка kolonístka |
| العربية | مُسْتَوْطِن mustawṭin, مُسْتَعْمِر mustaʕmir, مُعَمِّر muʕammir |
| עברית | מִתְנַחֵל mitnakhél |
noun someone who decides something, such as a dispute
| Deutsch | Schlichter, Schlichterin |
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| Ελληνικά | διακανονιστής diakanonistís |
noun drink that settles the stomach
| Italiano | digestivo |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | διαπυκτικόν diapyktikón |
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@misc{settler_2026,
title = {settler},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/settler},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
