settlern.

Brit.

/ˈsɛtl̩ə/,

/ˈsɛtlə/, U.S.

/ˈsɛdlər/,

/ˈsɛtlər/

Etymology: < settle v. + -er suffix¹.

a. One who or a thing which, settles, fixes, decides, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > [noun] > one who arbitrates

arbitrer1382

judge1385

umpire?c1400

overman1424

arbitrator1426

oversman1492

daysman1530

referendary1546

arbiter1548

referee1549

moderator1556

awarder1561

deciser1563

decider?1568

decisor1569

settler1598

disceptator1623

umpirer1650

referrer1661

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [noun] > one who or that which fixes

settler1598

ascertainer1611

validator1951

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A mender, a setler, an ordrer.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ficheur, a fixer, fastener, setler, or setter in.

1659 England's Universal Distraction 1643–5 16 True Religion is rather a Setler then Stickler in Policy, and rather confirmes men in obedience to the Government.

1687 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 245 Mr. A[rthur] Ch[arlet] of Trin. Coll., the chief setler of unsetled minds in Oxford.

1825 New Monthly Mag. 16 113 He fancied himself a settler of destinies.

1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) Introd. 6 This powerful settler of disputes [sc. artillery].

1898 Daily News 6 July 4/6 That sum was..paid by him over to Mr. Goodson, who acted as Sir John's settler.

b. colloquial. Something that settles or ‘does for’ a person, a finisher; something that settles an antagonist in an encounter or argument; a crushing or finishing blow, shot, speech, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > that which > concluding action, utterance, etc. > conclusive act, utterance, etc.

clincher1737

settler1744

dernier mot1834

the last word1842

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > coming or bringing to an end > bringing to an end > that which or one who

enderc1405

finisher1526

concluder1601

coup de grâce1699

settler1744

closer1961

1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop ix. 124 I endeavoured to revive them by saying I intended to have a Bowl of Punch, by way of a Settler and then to go to Bed upon it.

1819 T. Moore Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress (ed. 3) 15 So he tipp'd him a settler..Full plump in the whisker.

1833 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) II. 338 Cook knocked him on the head instantly; this is what the English call a settler, that is, in this way they settle their accounts.

1835 J. Hogg Tales Wars Montrose I. 27 That was a settler: I could make no answer to that.

1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. (ed. 2) xx That shot was a settler, it struck poor Sall right atwixt wind and water.

1888 Sportsman 22 Dec. (Farmer) A mistake at the last hurdles proved a complete settler, and he succumbed by six lengths.

1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross II. vi. 145 After this settler, the man sat down, and turned his back on the Parson.

c. A clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > book-making > book-maker > book-maker's assistant

penciller1879

tick-tacker1912

settler1963

pickup man1964

1963 L. Meynell Virgin Luck vii. 172 ‘But what do you do..?’ ‘Settle. I'm a settler. I work out a bet. It goes down on a slip and after the race the settlers go through the slips and work them out.’

1966 P. Willmott Adolescent Boys E. London vi. 102 Non-manual jobs of a more ‘routine’ kind, mainly clerks and shop assistants, draughtsmen and betting-shop ‘settlers’.

1977 Evening Post (Nottingham) 27 Jan. 14/1 (advt.) Saturday settler required by independent licensed Betting Office.

a. One who settles in a new country; a colonist. old settler: see old settler n. at old adj. Compounds 4. Originally North American.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun]

peopler1566

planter1587

plantator1632

colonist1658

populator1664

storer1690

settler1696

white settler1754

plantationite1756

colonizer1766

colonizationist1823

colon1860

homesteader1870

plantationer1888

1696 in Rec. Early Hist. Boston (1881) VI. 51 The first goers or first setlers of Woodstock.

1739 W. Stephens Jrnl. 15 Dec. in Jrnl. Proc. Georgia (1742) II. 215 One Bunyon, a Builder of Boats and a Settler there.

1744 Colonial Rec. Georgia VI. 117 Thomas Ellis has been an old Settler in the Colony.

1786 T. Dundas Let. 28 Dec. in Cornwallis Corr. (1859) I. 279 The half-pay provincial officers are valuable settlers.

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. lii. 442 The fields and vineyards were divided among the new settlers.

1802 G. Barrington Hist. New S. Wales iv. 98 The natives taking advantage of the distance settlers lived from each other.

1867 R. W. Emerson Progr. Culture in Wks. (1906) III. 225 Land without price is offered to the settler.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People i. §1. 3 Each dweller within the settlement was jealous of his own isolation and independence among his fellow-settlers.

1904 W. M. Ramsay Lett. to Seven Churches xi. 133 Hence the Jewish settlers formed a counterpoise against the Greek colonists in the Seleucid cities.

b. gen. One who settles in a place as a resident.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > new inhabitant

new-comeOE

new-cominga1387

foreigner1422

stranger1447

newcomerc1450

new face?a1513

new comeling1587

come-o'-will1815

settler1815

newie1856

sinkeh1878

new kid1894

ring-neck1898

blow-in1908

malihini1914

mystery1937

new jack1988

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. vii. 107 Nor was Mr. Bertram in a hurry to exert his newly-acquired authority at the expense of these old settlers.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xii. 209 If..he should become a settler in that part of Scotland.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 222 He resides among the original settlers at Walworth.

c. A worker at a social settlement (see settlement n. 16).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > social service or work > social worker > types of

street worker1855

settler1884

welfare worker1886

welfare manager1904

caseworker1907

social caseworker1917

welfare1960

youth worker1976

1884 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 5 July 6 44 What then are Settlements, and their Settlers, to do in the East End of London?

1887 Charity Organiz. Rev. III. 408 The university settlers [at Toynbee Hall].

1899 Daily News 26 June 4/7 The ‘settlers’ at Mansfield House look forward to having one of the best-equipped boys' clubs in London.

3. Law. One who settles property: = settlor n.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > one who settles property

settler1800

settlor1818

1800 Act 39 & 40 Geo. III c. 98 §1 The Term of Twenty-one Years from the Death of any such Grantor, Settler, Devisor, or Testator.

4. A pan or vat into which a liquor is run off to ‘settle’ or deposit a sediment. In Metallurgy (see quot. 1881).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessels for other specific purposes > [noun] > for settling

settler1674

deviling1737

1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 140 Which [kelp] being put in so soon as the Liquor boils or flows up.., they draw it off into a settler.

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Anil There are three of these [indigo] Vats commonly built one above another... This last Vat is also call'd at St. Domingo, a Settler.

1865 G. W. Gesner A. Gesner's Pract. Treat. Coal (ed. 2) viii. 161 The pump..draws the petroleum from the settler.

1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 193 The roasted ore is amalgamated in 8 pans, with as many settlers.

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 174 Settler, a tub or vat, in which pulp from the amalgamating pan or battery-pulp is allowed to settle, being stirred in water, to remove the lighter portions.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

settler-folk n.

ΚΠ

1896 Harper's Mag. Apr. 716/2 The westward march of the settler-folk.

† settler slam n. Obsolete slam n.³

ΚΠ

1743 in 6th Rep. Deputy Keeper App. ii. 121 A Method of making Alum out of Dross (commonly called Settler Slam).

C2.

settler's clock n. (or settlers' clock) Australian (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Coraciiformes (kingfisher, etc.) > [noun] > family Alcedinidae > dacelo novaeguineae (kookaburra)

kingfisher1440

laughing jackass1798

settler's clock1827

jackass1844

goburra1860

Jack1863

kookaburra1890

Jacky1898

Jacko1907

kooka1933

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales I. xiii. 232 The loud and discordant noise of the laughing jackass (or settler's clock, as he is called)..acquaints us that the sun has just dipped behind the hills.

1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. viii. 234 The laughing Jackass (Dacelo gigantea) which, from its regularity, has not been unaptly named the settlers' clock.

settler's effects n. Canadian goods brought into the country by an immigrant for his personal use that are exempt from import duty; also transferred.

ΚΠ

1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 2 Apr. 14/3 She landed 150 tons of cargo here, including three boilers..settler's effects, and general freight.

1939 K. Pinkerton Wilderness Wife i. 13 Beside us on the station platform that morning were our canoe, camp outfit and a few ‘settler's effects’.

1965 I. Reekie Along Old Melita Trail ii. 12 Coming to Manitoba with two cars of settlers' effects.

settler's matches n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > other organic fuels > [noun] > used for kindling

settler's matches1891

1891 H. Lawson in Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Dec. 21/2 And we walked so very silent—being lost in reverie—that we heard the ‘settlers'-matches’ gently rustle on the tree.

settler's twine n. Australian (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > other plants yielding fibre, etc.

withe1657

silk grass1753

restio1796

kurrajong1823

lechuguilla1834

kie-kie1847

munj1855

pua1858

sesban1860

settler's twine1898

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > vegetable fibre > other plant fibre

palmite1555

coir1582

pita1648

kitul1681

silk-cotton1697

pita-thread1748

abaca1751

khus khus1798

gomuti1811

coco fibre1813

Manila hemp1814

pineapple fibre1834

moog1840

piassava1841

Para grass1850

raffia1850

African hair1851

ambari1851

diss1855

munj1855

monkey grass1858

crin vegetal1859

mung1866

lauhala1880

bass?1881

raphia bast1882

istle1883

raphia grass1885

settler's twine1898

tucum1901

Manila fibre1921

bassine1923

sotol1942

1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. Settlers' Matches,..the long pendulous strips of bark which hang from the Eucalypts and other trees, during decortication and which..are used as kindling wood. Settler's Twine, a fibre plant, Gymnostachys anceps, R. Br[own]..used by farmers as cord or string.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	settler
释义	settlern. Brit. /ˈsɛtl̩ə/, /ˈsɛtlə/, U.S. /ˈsɛdlər/, /ˈsɛtlər/ Etymology: < settle v. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. One who or a thing which, settles, fixes, decides, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > [noun] > one who arbitrates arbitrer1382 judge1385 umpire?c1400 overman1424 arbitrator1426 oversman1492 daysman1530 referendary1546 arbiter1548 referee1549 moderator1556 awarder1561 deciser1563 decider?1568 decisor1569 settler1598 disceptator1623 umpirer1650 referrer1661 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [noun] > one who or that which fixes settler1598 ascertainer1611 validator1951 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A mender, a setler, an ordrer. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ficheur, a fixer, fastener, setler, or setter in. 1659 England's Universal Distraction 1643–5 16 True Religion is rather a Setler then Stickler in Policy, and rather confirmes men in obedience to the Government. 1687 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 245 Mr. A[rthur] Ch[arlet] of Trin. Coll., the chief setler of unsetled minds in Oxford. 1825 New Monthly Mag. 16 113 He fancied himself a settler of destinies. 1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) Introd. 6 This powerful settler of disputes [sc. artillery]. 1898 Daily News 6 July 4/6 That sum was..paid by him over to Mr. Goodson, who acted as Sir John's settler. b. colloquial. Something that settles or ‘does for’ a person, a finisher; something that settles an antagonist in an encounter or argument; a crushing or finishing blow, shot, speech, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > that which > concluding action, utterance, etc. > conclusive act, utterance, etc. clincher1737 settler1744 dernier mot1834 the last word1842 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > coming or bringing to an end > bringing to an end > that which or one who enderc1405 finisher1526 concluder1601 coup de grâce1699 settler1744 closer1961 1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop ix. 124 I endeavoured to revive them by saying I intended to have a Bowl of Punch, by way of a Settler and then to go to Bed upon it. 1819 T. Moore Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress (ed. 3) 15 So he tipp'd him a settler..Full plump in the whisker. 1833 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) II. 338 Cook knocked him on the head instantly; this is what the English call a settler, that is, in this way they settle their accounts. 1835 J. Hogg Tales Wars Montrose I. 27 That was a settler: I could make no answer to that. 1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. (ed. 2) xx That shot was a settler, it struck poor Sall right atwixt wind and water. 1888 Sportsman 22 Dec. (Farmer) A mistake at the last hurdles proved a complete settler, and he succumbed by six lengths. 1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross II. vi. 145 After this settler, the man sat down, and turned his back on the Parson. c. A clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > book-making > book-maker > book-maker's assistant penciller1879 tick-tacker1912 settler1963 pickup man1964 1963 L. Meynell Virgin Luck vii. 172 ‘But what do you do..?’ ‘Settle. I'm a settler. I work out a bet. It goes down on a slip and after the race the settlers go through the slips and work them out.’ 1966 P. Willmott Adolescent Boys E. London vi. 102 Non-manual jobs of a more ‘routine’ kind, mainly clerks and shop assistants, draughtsmen and betting-shop ‘settlers’. 1977 Evening Post (Nottingham) 27 Jan. 14/1 (advt.) Saturday settler required by independent licensed Betting Office. 2. a. One who settles in a new country; a colonist. old settler: see old settler n. at old adj. Compounds 4. Originally North American. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun] peopler1566 planter1587 plantator1632 colonist1658 populator1664 storer1690 settler1696 white settler1754 plantationite1756 colonizer1766 colonizationist1823 colon1860 homesteader1870 plantationer1888 1696 in Rec. Early Hist. Boston (1881) VI. 51 The first goers or first setlers of Woodstock. 1739 W. Stephens Jrnl. 15 Dec. in Jrnl. Proc. Georgia (1742) II. 215 One Bunyon, a Builder of Boats and a Settler there. 1744 Colonial Rec. Georgia VI. 117 Thomas Ellis has been an old Settler in the Colony. 1786 T. Dundas Let. 28 Dec. in Cornwallis Corr. (1859) I. 279 The half-pay provincial officers are valuable settlers. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. lii. 442 The fields and vineyards were divided among the new settlers. 1802 G. Barrington Hist. New S. Wales iv. 98 The natives taking advantage of the distance settlers lived from each other. 1867 R. W. Emerson Progr. Culture in Wks. (1906) III. 225 Land without price is offered to the settler. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People i. §1. 3 Each dweller within the settlement was jealous of his own isolation and independence among his fellow-settlers. 1904 W. M. Ramsay Lett. to Seven Churches xi. 133 Hence the Jewish settlers formed a counterpoise against the Greek colonists in the Seleucid cities. b. gen. One who settles in a place as a resident. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > new inhabitant new-comeOE new-cominga1387 foreigner1422 stranger1447 newcomerc1450 new face?a1513 new comeling1587 come-o'-will1815 settler1815 newie1856 sinkeh1878 new kid1894 ring-neck1898 blow-in1908 malihini1914 mystery1937 new jack1988 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. vii. 107 Nor was Mr. Bertram in a hurry to exert his newly-acquired authority at the expense of these old settlers. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xii. 209 If..he should become a settler in that part of Scotland. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 222 He resides among the original settlers at Walworth. c. A worker at a social settlement (see settlement n. 16). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > social service or work > social worker > types of street worker1855 settler1884 welfare worker1886 welfare manager1904 caseworker1907 social caseworker1917 welfare1960 youth worker1976 1884 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 5 July 6 44 What then are Settlements, and their Settlers, to do in the East End of London? 1887 Charity Organiz. Rev. III. 408 The university settlers [at Toynbee Hall]. 1899 Daily News 26 June 4/7 The ‘settlers’ at Mansfield House look forward to having one of the best-equipped boys' clubs in London. 3. Law. One who settles property: = settlor n. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > one who settles property settler1800 settlor1818 1800 Act 39 & 40 Geo. III c. 98 §1 The Term of Twenty-one Years from the Death of any such Grantor, Settler, Devisor, or Testator. 4. A pan or vat into which a liquor is run off to ‘settle’ or deposit a sediment. In Metallurgy (see quot. 1881). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessels for other specific purposes > [noun] > for settling settler1674 deviling1737 1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 140 Which [kelp] being put in so soon as the Liquor boils or flows up.., they draw it off into a settler. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Anil There are three of these [indigo] Vats commonly built one above another... This last Vat is also call'd at St. Domingo, a Settler. 1865 G. W. Gesner A. Gesner's Pract. Treat. Coal (ed. 2) viii. 161 The pump..draws the petroleum from the settler. 1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 193 The roasted ore is amalgamated in 8 pans, with as many settlers. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 174 Settler, a tub or vat, in which pulp from the amalgamating pan or battery-pulp is allowed to settle, being stirred in water, to remove the lighter portions. Compounds C1. General attributive. settler-folk n. ΚΠ 1896 Harper's Mag. Apr. 716/2 The westward march of the settler-folk. † settler slam n. Obsolete slam n.³ ΚΠ 1743 in 6th Rep. Deputy Keeper App. ii. 121 A Method of making Alum out of Dross (commonly called Settler Slam). C2. settler's clock n. (or settlers' clock) Australian (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Coraciiformes (kingfisher, etc.) > [noun] > family Alcedinidae > dacelo novaeguineae (kookaburra) kingfisher1440 laughing jackass1798 settler's clock1827 jackass1844 goburra1860 Jack1863 kookaburra1890 Jacky1898 Jacko1907 kooka1933 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales I. xiii. 232 The loud and discordant noise of the laughing jackass (or settler's clock, as he is called)..acquaints us that the sun has just dipped behind the hills. 1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. viii. 234 The laughing Jackass (Dacelo gigantea) which, from its regularity, has not been unaptly named the settlers' clock. settler's effects n. Canadian goods brought into the country by an immigrant for his personal use that are exempt from import duty; also transferred. ΚΠ 1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 2 Apr. 14/3 She landed 150 tons of cargo here, including three boilers..settler's effects, and general freight. 1939 K. Pinkerton Wilderness Wife i. 13 Beside us on the station platform that morning were our canoe, camp outfit and a few ‘settler's effects’. 1965 I. Reekie Along Old Melita Trail ii. 12 Coming to Manitoba with two cars of settlers' effects. settler's matches n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > other organic fuels > [noun] > used for kindling settler's matches1891 1891 H. Lawson in Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Dec. 21/2 And we walked so very silent—being lost in reverie—that we heard the ‘settlers'-matches’ gently rustle on the tree. settler's twine n. Australian (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > other plants yielding fibre, etc. withe1657 silk grass1753 restio1796 kurrajong1823 lechuguilla1834 kie-kie1847 munj1855 pua1858 sesban1860 settler's twine1898 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > vegetable fibre > other plant fibre palmite1555 coir1582 pita1648 kitul1681 silk-cotton1697 pita-thread1748 abaca1751 khus khus1798 gomuti1811 coco fibre1813 Manila hemp1814 pineapple fibre1834 moog1840 piassava1841 Para grass1850 raffia1850 African hair1851 ambari1851 diss1855 munj1855 monkey grass1858 crin vegetal1859 mung1866 lauhala1880 bass?1881 raphia bast1882 istle1883 raphia grass1885 settler's twine1898 tucum1901 Manila fibre1921 bassine1923 sotol1942 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. Settlers' Matches,..the long pendulous strips of bark which hang from the Eucalypts and other trees, during decortication and which..are used as kindling wood. Settler's Twine, a fibre plant, Gymnostachys anceps, R. Br[own]..used by farmers as cord or string. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1598
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