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Noun colonist has 1 sense

• colonist(n = noun.person) settler - a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country; Array
is a kind of migrant, migrator
has particulars: pilgrim, pilgrim father, pioneer, sourdough, homesteader, nester, squatter, endecott, endicott, john endecott, john endicott, anne hutchinson, hutchinson, minnewit, minuit, peter minnewit, peter minuit, miles standish, myles standish, standish, roger williams, williams, edward winslow, winslow
Derived forms noun colony₁, noun colony₅, noun colony₃

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colonist

Inhabitant

N inhabitant, resident, residentiary, dweller, indweller, addressee, occupier, occupant, householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant, settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist, islander, denizen, citizen, burgher, oppidan, cockney, cit, townsman, burgess, villager, cottager, cottier, cotter, compatriot, backsettler, boarder, hotel keeper, innkeeper, habitant, paying guest, planter, native, indigene, aborigines, autochthones, Englishman, John Bull, newcomer, aboriginal, American, Caledonian, Cambrian, Canadian, Canuck, downeaster, Scot, Scotchman, Hibernian, Irishman, Welshman, Uncle Sam, Yankee, Brother Jonathan, garrison, crew, population, people, colony, settlement, household, mir, indigenous, native, natal, autochthonal, autochthonous, British, English, American, Canadian, Irish, Scotch, Scottish, Welsh, domestic, domiciliated, domiciled, naturalized, vernacular, domesticated, domiciliary, in the occupation of, garrisoned by, occupied by.

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