settler

settler is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 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. 2.That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest. [Colloq.]
  3. 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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