Settler
(noun)
- A person who settles in a new country or area.
- A person who establishes a colony or community in a new area.
- Someone who moves to live in a new area and establish a home or farm there.
- Someone who lives in and cultivates land that was previously uninhabited.
Origin:
Late 16th century: from settle + -er.
Examples:
- The settlers built houses and cleared land for farming.
- The first settlers arrived in the area in the 18th century.
- He was a pioneer settler in the West.
- The settlers were mainly farmers and ranchers.
- The settlers were determined to make a new life in the new land.