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–noun

1.	a person or thing that settles.

2.	a person who settles in a new country or area.

[Origin: 1590–1600; settle¹ + -er¹

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n.

One who settles in a new region.
One who settles or decides something.

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settler
noun
1.	a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
2.	a negotiator who settles disputes
3.	a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings

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ˈsettler noun

a person who settles in a country that is being newly populated
Example: They were among the early settlers on the east coast of America.

Arabic:	مُسْتَوْطِن
Chinese (Simplified):	开拓者
Chinese (Traditional):	開拓者
Czech:	osadník
Danish:	nybygger; bosætter
Dutch:	kolonist
Estonian:	uusasukas
Finnish:	uudisasukas
French:	colon
German:	der Siedler, *die Siedlerin
Greek:	άποικος
Hungarian:	telepes
Icelandic:	landnemi
Indonesian:	pemukim
Italian:	colono

Japanese:	移住者
Korean:	이주자
Latvian:	kolonists
Lithuanian:	gyventojas, naujakurys
Norwegian:	nybygger, kolonist
Polish:	osadnik
Portuguese (Brazil):	colono, colonizador
Portuguese (Portugal):	colono
Romanian:	colonist
Russian:	поселенец
Slovak:	osadník
Slovenian:	naseljenec
Spanish:	colonizador
Swedish:	nybyggare
Turkish:	göçmen

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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.

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