settler

Meaning

1. Someone who settles in a new location, especially one who takes up residence in a previously uninhabited place; a colonist.
2. Someone who decides or settles something, such as a dispute.
3. (colloquial) That which settles or finishes, such as a blow that decides a contest.
4. (British) The person in a betting shop who calculates the winnings.
5. A drink which settles the stomach, especially a bitter drink, often a nightcap.
6. A vessel, such as a tub, in which something, such as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.

Synonyms

colonist

pioneer

colonizer

settlor

squatter

precipitator

planter

migrant

immigrant

defecator

emigrant

homesteader

inhabitant

mediator

mediatrix

moderator

newcomer

original

peacekeeper

reconciler

settling tank

sourdough

sump

trailblazer

treater

new-comer

clarificator

migrator

negotiatrix

sediment bulb

settling vessel

sediment tank

dislodger

hydroseparator

sediment separator

appeaser

settle tank

arbiter

arbitrator

bushman

clarifier

classifier

colonial

compromiser

conciliator

corker

Translations

Siedler

colon

colono

colono

colono

Kolonist

Ansiedler

colonisateur

colon

έποικος

coloniste

άποικος

مستوطن

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛt.lɚ/

Etymology

From settle + -er.