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colonist|ˈkɒlənɪst|
[f. colonize: see -ist.]
1. a. One who colonizes or settles in a new country; one who takes part in founding a colony; a member of a colonizing expedition. b. An inhabitant of a colony.
1701J. Logan in Pa. Hist. Soc. Mem. IX. 68 If good colonists were brought into them. 1774Burke Amer. Tax. Wks. 1852 III. 179 When..you revived the scheme of taxation, and thereby filled the minds of the colonists with new jealousy. 1816Southey Poet's Pilgr. iv. 41 To convey The adventurous colonist beyond the seas. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. viii. 243 The Roman military colonists remained Roman alike on the Rhine and on the Euphrates. 1876Green Short Hist. viii. 490 Among the English colonists of North America.
2. transf. An animal or plant which has quite established itself in a place where it is not indigenous.
1878Hooker Stud. Flora Pref. 7 To the doubtfully indigenous species I have added Watson's opinion as to whether they are ‘colonists’ or ‘denizens’. Ibid. xlii. 213 Chrysanthemum segetum..cultivated fields; a colonist. Watson.
3. A voter placed in a certain locality for the purposes of an election. U.S. politics. Cf. colonization 2, colonize v. 4.
1868Nation VI. 282 When every town and city in the United States is voting at the same time, and ‘colonists’ and ‘repeaters’ are needed at home. 1909Daily Chron. 3 Nov. 1/6 It is more than likely that thousands of their ‘colonists’ have voted in some of the districts.
4. A member of a labour colony.
1896J. A. Hobson Probl. Unempl. 137 About one half of the colonists seek temporary relief, the rest loaf round from colony to colony. 1904Daily Chron. 5 Oct. 4/5 The colonist at Merxplas may earn from 1d. to 3d. a day. |