colonizer (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *colonizer*:
NOUN	person	colonizer, coloniser	someone who helps to found a colony

colonizer > pronunciation
Sounds	kaa'lahnay.zer
Rhymes	abuser ... womanizer: 73 rhymes with zer...

English > *colonizer*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	someone who helps to found a colony.
Synonym	coloniser
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
Instances	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
Spanish	colonizador
Catalan	colonitzador
Verbs	colonize	settle as a colony

HyperDic: colonizer