colonist

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However, the researchers report their work revealed the "richness, abundance and composition" of the bee populations were "signficantly impacted by agricultural colonization after as little as 10-17 years of settlement by colonist farmers and ranchers."

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2024

Pocahontas died several years later in March 1617 in Gravesend, England, while colonist John Rolfe died around March 1622, he added.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2023

It stands on the site where Samuel de Champlain, the French colonist and navigator who founded Quebec and New France, built a chapel in 1633.

From Reuters • Jul. 28, 2022

A British colonist is sent to instigate a revolution on a Caribbean island instrumental to the sugar cane industry.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2019

John Rolfe, a new colonist, began growing tobacco in James Town.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone