peoplern.
/ˈpiːplə/, U.S. /ˈpiplər/ Now rare.
A person who causes a place to become peopled or occupied; a colonizer, an inhabitant. Also in extended use.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun]
peopler1566
planter1587
plantator1632
colonist1658
populator1664
storer1690
settler1696
white settler1754
plantationite1756
colonizer1766
colonizationist1823
colon1860
homesteader1870
plantationer1888
1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xvii. f. 41 Romulus was the firste builder, and peopler of that citie.
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. ix. 149 I have knowne..the Gennerall Jerome Costilla, the auntient peopler of Cusco.
1692 O. Walker Greek & Rom. Hist. 63 (note) Cham, the Son of Noah, and Peopler of Africa.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 78 We ought to seek among the descendants of Noah, for the first peoplers of America.
1821 Examiner 7 Oct. 627/1 Greek mythology is the religion of our poetry, the peopler of our starry spheres.
1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 96 Peoplers of the peaceful glen.
1991 C. Jennings Now We are Thirty-something (BNC) 78 Those who don't have kids elbow him constantly, calling him..a peopler of nations and an irresponsible git.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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