settler

English Thesaurus

1. a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country (noun.person)

hypernym	:	migrant, migrator,
definition	:	traveler who moves from one region or country to another (noun.person)

hyponym	:	pilgrim, pilgrim father,
definition	:	one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620 (noun.person)

hyponym	:	pioneer,
definition	:	one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory (noun.person)

hyponym	:	sourdough,
definition	:	a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska) (noun.person)

hyponym	:	homesteader, nester, squatter,
definition	:	someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	endecott, endicott, john endecott, john endicott,
definition	:	born in England; in 1629 he became the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	anne hutchinson, hutchinson,
definition	:	American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	minnewit, minuit, peter minnewit, peter minuit,
definition	:	Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	miles standish, myles standish, standish,
definition	:	English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	roger williams, williams,
definition	:	English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	edward winslow, winslow,
definition	:	English colonial administrator who traveled to America on the Mayflower and served as the first governor of the Plymouth Colony (1595-1655) (noun.person)

2. a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings (noun.person)

hypernym	:	clerk,
definition	:	an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts) (noun.person)

domain region	:	britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland,
definition	:	a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom (noun.location)

3. a negotiator who settles disputes (noun.person)

hypernym	:	negotiant, negotiator, treater,
definition	:	someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement) (noun.person)

4. a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country (noun.person)

derivation	:	colony, settlement,
definition	:	a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government (noun.group)

derivation	:	colony, dependency,
definition	:	a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country (noun.location)

derivation	:	colony,
definition	:	one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States (noun.location)

derivation	:	locate, settle,
definition	:	take up residence and become established (verb.change)

derivation	:	settle,
definition	:	form a community (verb.change)

5. a negotiator who settles disputes (noun.person)

derivation	:	adjudicate, decide, resolve, settle,
definition	:	bring to an end; settle conclusively (verb.cognition)

6. a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country (noun.person)

derivation	:	colony, settlement,
definition	:	a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government (noun.group)

derivation	:	colony, dependency,
definition	:	a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country (noun.location)

derivation	:	colony,
definition	:	one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States (noun.location)

derivation	:	locate, settle,
definition	:	take up residence and become established (verb.change)

derivation	:	settle,
definition	:	form a community (verb.change)

7. a negotiator who settles disputes (noun.person)

derivation	:	adjudicate, decide, resolve, settle,
definition	:	bring to an end; settle conclusively (verb.cognition)