settler
settler Lexical Profile
settler Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A person who moves with a group of others to live in a new country, region, or area, especially one that was previously uninhabited or sparsely populated.
"Each early settler had to clear the dense forest by hand before planting crops for the winter."
A person who resolves a dispute, or a decisive factor, remark, or event that settles a contest or argument.
"The discovery of the original signed contract proved to be the final settler of the boundary dispute."
A tank, vat, or basin in which solid particles or precipitates are separated from a liquid by gravity.
"After the chemical reaction completes, the mixture flows into a large settler where the heavy sludge sinks to the bottom."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in late Middle English from the verb 'settle' (from Old English 'setlan', meaning to place or seat) plus the agentive suffix '-er'. The sense of a person who migrates to establish a home in a new region emerged in the late 17th century.
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