settler

noun [C]

/ˈset.lər/

/ˈset̬-/

Definition

› a person who arrives, especially from another country, in a new place in order to live there and use the landPeople who live or settle somewhere

(Definition of settler noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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