colonizer

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Powerful new international circuits of credit were built that deepened America’s integration into a British-led global economy and helped pave the way for the young U.S. to leapfrog its former colonizer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

Rajoelina said he took up dual citizenship to secure his children’s education in former colonizer France.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2023

President Idriss Déby, who was fatally wounded on the battlefield in 2021, tamped down multiple rebellions during his 30-year reign, sometimes with the support of Chad’s former colonizer, France.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2023

It was founded by controversial saint Junípero Serra, viewed by some as a colonizer and others as a protector of Indigenous peoples.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2022

There will always be, in emerging nations, an enduring attraction to the ways of the colonizer — I myself was not immune to it.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela