English > coloniser: 1 sense > noun 1, person Meaning | someone who helps to found a colony. |
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Synonym | colonizer |
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Instances | Raleigh, Walter Raleigh, Sir Walter Raleigh, Ralegh, Walter Ralegh, Sir Walter Ralegh | English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia |
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Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, Cecil John Rhodes | British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa |
Broader | founder, beginner, founding father, father | A person who founds or establishes some institution |
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Spanish | colonizador |
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Catalan | colonitzador |
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Verbs | colonise | settle as a colony |
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