Colonists are the people who start a colony or the people who are among the first to live in a particular colony.
The apple was brought over here by the colonists when they came.
...the early American colonists.
Synonyms: settler, immigrant, pioneer, colonial More Synonyms of colonist
colonist in British English
(ˈkɒlənɪst)
noun
1.
a person who settles or colonizes an area
2.
an inhabitant or member of a colony
colonist in American English
(ˈkɑlənɪst)
US
noun
1.
any of the original settlers or founders of a colony
2.
an inhabitant of a colony
Examples of 'colonist' in a sentence
colonist
But it is not clear that will be possible for the first colonists.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Why had so many colonists died in a land so rich in potential?
Divine, Robert A. (editor) & Breen, T. H & Frederickson, George M & Williams, R. Hal America Past and Present (1995)
The conditions were awful, and many colonists died of tropical disease.
Stewart Lamont WHEN SCOTLAND RULED THE WORLD: The Story of the Golden Age of Genius, Creativityand Exploration (2002)
They learnt their languages and customs and were aided by other European colonists.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
English colonists crossed the Atlantic for many different reasons.
Divine, Robert A. (editor) & Breen, T. H & Frederickson, George M & Williams, R. Hal America Past and Present (1995)
It is unusual because the prehistoric ground surface is intact and undisturbed, allowing archaeologists a rare glimpse into the world found by the first colonists.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
About 80 percent of all American colonists heard him preach at least once.
Christianity Today (2000)
For most of the century, the theoretical advantages enjoyed by the English colonists did them little good.
Divine, Robert A. (editor) & Breen, T. H & Frederickson, George M & Williams, R. Hal America Past and Present (1995)
White was on board to produce visual records of what they found, intended to encourage further investment and colonists for an English settlement.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Although the American colonists had objected to the demands of feudal land tenure, they found it difficult to escape the sense of social hierarchy that it imbued.
Andro Linklater MEASURING AMERICA (2002)
In other languages
colonist
British English: colonist NOUN
Colonists are the people who start a colony or the people who are among the first to live in a particular colony.
The apple was brought over here by the colonists when they came.
American English: colonist
Brazilian Portuguese: colonizador
Chinese: 殖民者
European Spanish: colono
French: colon
German: Siedler
Italian: colonizzatore
Japanese: 入植者
Korean: 식민지 개척자
European Portuguese: colonizador
Latin American Spanish: colono
(noun)
Definition
a settler in or inhabitant of a colony
The apple was brought over here by the colonists when they came.
Synonyms
settler
settlers from the Volga region
immigrant
an illegal immigrant
pioneer
settlements of the early pioneers of Ancient Egypt