settler
settler is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England.
- 2.That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest. [Colloq.]
- 3.A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England called?
- What is that which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest. [Colloq.] called?
- What is a vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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