HyperDic: coloniser

English > 1 sense of the word coloniser:
NOUNperson coloniser, colonizersomeone who helps to found a colony
English > coloniser: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaningsomeone who helps to found a colony.
Synonymcolonizer
InstancesRaleigh, Walter Raleigh, Sir Walter Raleigh, Ralegh, Walter Ralegh, Sir Walter RaleghEnglish courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia
Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, Cecil John RhodesBritish colonial financier and statesman in South Africa
Broaderfounder, beginner, founding father, fatherA person who founds or establishes some institution
Spanishcolonizador
Catalancolonitzador
Verbscolonisesettle as a colony

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