settler

Example Sentences

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It then moved west as settlers pushed into what would become the central provinces, where the game was played on ponds and lakes before coming indoors.

From Los Angeles Times

The country’s minority whites, mainly descendants of Dutch and other European settlers in South Africa, are some of the richest in the continent’s most advanced economy, owning vast farmlands, factories and other business empires.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Nama were once herders and traders until the European "settlers came and interrupted their way of life", according to Mr Fredericks.

From BBC

James jockeyed with Spain in the New World, which gave England a foothold in the North American colonies, but the settlers were poorly supported and left to fight deadly squabbles with the Native Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal

As the nation expanded, settlers, with the backing of the federal government and the military, seized the Indigenous land that would later be called the public domain.

From Salon