settler

Definition

  • noun: a person who goes to live in a new place where usually there are few or no people
  • noun: one that 'settles' (as a new region)
  • synonyms: ko, maecenas, santa claus

Examples

  • The town was established by British 'settlers' [='colonists'] in 1769.

Movie quotes

  • (..) I'm sure she's just enjoying her time off. Yeah. Wyatt's men... they kept whispering. They said this world didn't belong to the old settlers or the new. That it belonged to something that had yet to come, that it belonged to him. You remember. You two seem (..)
    2016 TvShow: Westworld Title: Trace Decay Season: 1 Episode 8