'Settler' definitions:
Definition of 'settler'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country [syn: settler, colonist]
noun
A negotiator who settles disputes
noun
A clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings
Definition of 'Settler'
From: GCIDE
- Settler \Set"tler\, n.
- 1. One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 4. A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'settler'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- almoner,
- almsgiver,
- angel,
- arrival,
- arriviste,
- assignor,
- awarder,
- backer,
- bestower,
- cheerful giver,
- clincher,
- colonial,
- colonist,
- colonizer,
- comer,
- conclusive argument,
- conferrer,
- consignor,
- contributor,
- crusher,
- death stroke,
- deathblow,
- donator,
- donor,
- emigrant,
- end-all,
- ender,
- entrant,
- fairy godmother,
- feoffor,
- final stroke,
- financer,
- finisher,
- finishing stroke,
- floorer,
- frontiersman,
- funder,
- gate-crasher,
- giver,
- grantor,
- greenhorn,
- homesteader,
- immigrant,
- imparter,
- in-migrant,
- incomer,
- intruder,
- kayo,
- kayo punch,
- knockdown argument,
- knockout,
- knockout blow,
- KO,
- lady bountiful,
- last dab,
- Maecenas,
- nester,
- new arrival,
- new boy,
- newcomer,
- novus homo,
- parvenu,
- patron,
- patroness,
- philanthropist,
- pioneer,
- planter,
- precursor,
- presenter,
- quietus,
- recruit,
- rookie,
- Santa Claus,
- sockdolager,
- sooner,
- squatter,
- stopper,
- stowaway,
- subscriber,
- sugar daddy,
- supporter,
- tenderfoot,
- testate,
- testator,
- testatrix,
- upstart,
- visitant,
- visitor,
- vouchsafer