settler
UK/'setlә/US
B1
Definitions
n.
A person who moves to a new region and establishes a home there
移民者，拓荒者，定居者
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedsettlesit, settle, be placed
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-rone who does, agent
=settler
Agent noun of settle: one who settles in a new land — literally sits down and stays.
Common Collocations
- 1.early settler早期定居者
- 2.European settler欧洲移民
- 3.[settler community]定居者社区
- 4.settler colony殖民地
Example Sentences
- 1.
Early settlers cleared the forest to build their farms.
- 2.
The first European settlers arrived in the 1600s.