English > colonist: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country. |
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| Synonym | settler |
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| Instances | Endecott, Endicott, John Endecott, John Endicott | born in England |
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| Hutchinson, Anne Hutchinson | American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643) |
| Minuit, Peter Minuit, Minnewit, Peter Minnewit | Dutch colonist who bought / bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638) |
| Standish, Miles Standish, Myles Standish | English colonist in America |
| Williams, Roger Williams | English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism |
| Winslow, Edward Winslow | English colonial administrator who traveled to America on the Mayflower and served as the first governor of the Plymouth Colony (1595-1655) |
| Narrower | Pilgrim, Pilgrim Father | One of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620 |
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| pioneer | One the first colonists or settlers in a new territory |
| sourdough | A settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska) |
| squatter, homesteader, nester | someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it |
| Broader | migrant, migrator | traveler who moves from one region / region or country to another |
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| Spanish | colona, colonizador, colono, poblador |
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| Catalan | colonitzador, colon, poblador |
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| Nouns | Colony | one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States |
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| colony | a body of people who settle far from home / home / home but maintain ties with their homeland |
| colony | a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country |
