Colonist Synonyms

kŏlə-nĭst
A person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. settler
  2. pilgrim
  3. homesteader
  4. colonial

Words Related to Colonist

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. pioneer
  2. indians
  3. emigrant
  4. spaniard
  5. colonizer
  6. colony
  7. turks
  8. invader
  9. norsemen
  10. phoenicians

Colonist Sentence Examples

  • His first ancestor in America may possibly have been Captain Isaac Maddyson, a colonist of 1623 mentioned by John Smith as an excellent Indian fighter.

  • Every colonist was enrolled either in the Milicias or Ordenanzas.

  • An industrious colonist could purchase a small farm on the estate and make himself independent in two years.

  • Each colonist not only paid him a fixed rent, usually in kind, but had to share with him the increase of the stock and to have the grain ground at his mill.

  • Cullinan (a Cape colonist and one of the chief contractors in the building of Johannesburg), whose faith in the richness of the ground was speedily justified.

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