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colonist

noun as in settler

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Future lunar colonists could use this water to make breathable oxygen, drinkable water, and perhaps most important, rocket fuel.

Months passed and the promised rescue ship with fresh supplies and more colonists never appeared.

From Ozy

Later, the colonists dug up some graves and robbed some food caches.

From Time

That’s true even though, for the colonists and their descendants, 1620 was not much more than a blip in colonial history.

From Time

Initially when the Mayflower arrived in Patuxet, which the passengers later renamed Plymouth, the relationship between the colonists and the Wampanoag was one of co-existence.

From Time

One powerful colonist alone refused to obey: Mem de Sa ordered his house to be surrounded and instantly levelled with the ground.

For the merman turned and caught at Dalgard, pulling the larger colonist along a step or two with the urgency of his grip.

If these mermen had not seen a colonist before, he might resemble Those Others in their eyes.

About the other's narrow hips was slung a belt from which hung pouches and tools the primitive colonist could not evaluate.

He was not going to allow himself to be pushed onto anything foolish, whether this "colonist" could read his mind or not.

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On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to colonist, such as: colonizer, colonial, homesteader, pilgrim, pioneer, and settler.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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