B1nounsociety
US/ˈset.lər/
UK/ˈset.lə/
a person who goes to live in a new country or area where few people lived before
In context
The first settlers arrived in the valley about three hundred years ago.
European settlers often took land from the people who already lived there.
Early settlers had to clear the forest before they could grow crops.
Words that go with settler
adjective + noun
- early settlersEarly settlers built their homes from local stone.
- first settlersThe first settlers named the town after a river.
- European settlersEuropean settlers brought new diseases to the island.
- new settlersThe government offered free land to new settlers.
noun + preposition
- settlers fromSettlers from Ireland founded the small village.