settler

Plural: settlers

Noun

• A person who settles in a new country or area.
• a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
• a negotiator who settles disputes
• a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings
• Someone who settles in a new location, especially one who takes up residence in a previously uninhabited place; a colonist.
• Someone who decides or settles something, such as a dispute.
• That which settles or finishes, such as a blow that decides a contest.
• The person in a betting shop who calculates the winnings.
• A drink which settles the stomach, especially a bitter drink, often a nightcap.
• A vessel, such as a tub, in which something, such as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.

Examples

• He played ’SETTLER,’ staking his claim on the triple word score square.
• the first settlers of New England

Synonyms

colonist

Related Words

settlement