colonizer

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

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

Much of the Arab world sees a chance for a former colony to give its one-time colonizer its comeuppance.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2022

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

The colonizers, four Chagossians aged 31 to 72, clambered aboard a dinghy and came ashore, waving British and American flags.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

But as human activities damage habitats and reduce biodiversity across regions, the number of possible colonizers falls.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 18, 2026

We will start our trek with a gentle stroll to the Oak of the Golden Dream, where the first authenticated gold discovery by colonizers took place in California in 1842.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2026

“The presence of terrestrial microorganism within a sample of Ryugu underlines that microorganisms are the world's greatest colonizers and adept at circumventing contamination controls,” the authors conclude.

From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2024

But it was true, the priest that came with the first colonizers to the valley of El Puerto had raised a family, and it was the branches of this family that now ruled the valley.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya