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set·tler    Audio Help   [set-ler, -l-er] Pronunciation Key
–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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set·tler    Audio Help   (sět'lər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. One who settles in a new region.
  2. 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
See also: settlement, settle, settle down, settle in, settle on, settle up

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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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