settlernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈset.lər/us/ˈset.lɚ/a person who arrives, especially from another country, in a new place in order to live there and use the land
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People who live or settle somewhere
- asylum seeker
- brain drain
- bum
- city slicker
- cohabitant
- cottager
- exodus
- foreign-returned
- frontiersman
- guest worker
- illegal alien
- lodger
- occupier
- outflow
- overspill
- resident
- roomer
- son
- squatter
- welcome wagon
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Examples from literature
- In the mid-1800s, the Tawakoni were forced to leave by European settlers, and the land was turned into farms.