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settler


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Settler  \Set"tler\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  settles,  becomes  fixed,  established,  etc 
 
  2.  Especially,  one  who  establishes  himself  in  a  new  region  or 
  a  colony;  a  colonist;  a  planter;  as  the  first  settlers  of 
  New  England. 
 
  3.  That  which  settles  or  finishes;  hence  a  blow,  etc.,  which 
  settles  or  decides  a  contest.  [Colloq.] 
 
  4.  A  vessel,  as  a  tub,  in  which  something  as  pulverized  ore 
  suspended  in  a  liquid,  is  allowed  to  settle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  settler 
  n  :  a  person  who  settle  in  a  new  colony  or  moves  into  new 
  country  [syn:  {colonist}] 




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