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单词 colonist
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Definition of colonist in English:

colonist

noun ˈkɒlənɪstˈkɑlənəst
  • A settler in or inhabitant of a colony.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There was thus quite a strong drive among colonists to transplant the habits of their homelands wholesale and even impose them on others.
    • The war began when colonists from Massachusetts Bay began pushing into territory claimed by these people.
    • When the British ordered them to disperse the colonists fired back at the British soldiers.
    • What makes it so ironic is that most of these colonists are of Scottish ancestry.
    • He says Britain should be made to compensate white farmers because colonists originally stole the land.
    • Why not recall the humanitarianism of William Penn, an early colonist who made peace with the Delaware Indians instead of warring on them, as other colonial leaders were doing?
    • By the spring of 1775, political resistance gave way to violence as war between the British and colonists broke out.
    • Each colonist has to pay his own passage and have £50 in the bank.
    • Two hundred and three families were selected to become Matanuska Valley colonists.
    • Most Sierra Leonean colonists, for instance, did not come from America.
    • Attempts by Spanish and French colonists to establish settlements were unsuccessful.
    • Earlier in our journey, we'd passed a signpost for Colonia Suiza, a town settled by colonists from Switzerland.
    • In the years following the Great War land was taken away from the inhabitants and given to colonists.
    • The colonists had no say in decisions made in the English parliament.
    • When the colonists arrived, language was one of the first targets.
    • The only time colonists want to talk to members of an indigenous population is when they are giving orders to the natives.
    • They were introduced late in the nineteenth century by colonists alarmed by the spread of rabbits and hares.
    • Thanks to his diplomacy the arrival of the colonists from France did not develop into an major incident.
    • During the early days of settlement the colonists were constantly inventing things.
    • Somewhere in the region of 100 colonists arrived in this hot, humid, swampy atmosphere in 1607.
    Synonyms
    settler, colonizer, colonial, frontiersman, frontierswoman, pioneer
    immigrant, newcomer
    British incomer
    historical planter
    North American historical homesteader, habitant, redemptioner, squatter
 
 

Definition of colonist in US English:

colonist

nounˈkälənəstˈkɑlənəst
  • A settler in or inhabitant of a colony.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He says Britain should be made to compensate white farmers because colonists originally stole the land.
    • Thanks to his diplomacy the arrival of the colonists from France did not develop into an major incident.
    • In the years following the Great War land was taken away from the inhabitants and given to colonists.
    • They were introduced late in the nineteenth century by colonists alarmed by the spread of rabbits and hares.
    • What makes it so ironic is that most of these colonists are of Scottish ancestry.
    • When the colonists arrived, language was one of the first targets.
    • Somewhere in the region of 100 colonists arrived in this hot, humid, swampy atmosphere in 1607.
    • Most Sierra Leonean colonists, for instance, did not come from America.
    • Each colonist has to pay his own passage and have £50 in the bank.
    • Earlier in our journey, we'd passed a signpost for Colonia Suiza, a town settled by colonists from Switzerland.
    • The only time colonists want to talk to members of an indigenous population is when they are giving orders to the natives.
    • By the spring of 1775, political resistance gave way to violence as war between the British and colonists broke out.
    • When the British ordered them to disperse the colonists fired back at the British soldiers.
    • There was thus quite a strong drive among colonists to transplant the habits of their homelands wholesale and even impose them on others.
    • The colonists had no say in decisions made in the English parliament.
    • Why not recall the humanitarianism of William Penn, an early colonist who made peace with the Delaware Indians instead of warring on them, as other colonial leaders were doing?
    • Two hundred and three families were selected to become Matanuska Valley colonists.
    • During the early days of settlement the colonists were constantly inventing things.
    • The war began when colonists from Massachusetts Bay began pushing into territory claimed by these people.
    • Attempts by Spanish and French colonists to establish settlements were unsuccessful.
    Synonyms
    settler, colonizer, colonial, frontiersman, frontierswoman, pioneer
 
 
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