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单词 populator
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populatorn.

Brit. /ˈpɒpjᵿleɪtə/, U.S. /ˈpɑpjəˌleɪdər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: populate v.2, -or suffix.
Etymology: < populate v.2 + -or suffix.
A person who or thing which populates a place.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun]
peopler1566
planter1587
plantator1632
colonist1658
populator1664
storer1690
settler1696
white settler1754
plantationite1756
colonizer1766
colonizationist1823
colon1860
homesteader1870
plantationer1888
1664 J. Howell Προεδρια-Βασιλικη iii. 149 Now concerning Spain, all Annalists concur that Tubal Cain was her first Populator, being allurd by the amœnity and fruitfulness of the Country and Clime.
1891 Amer. Naturalist 25 537 Species whose non-sedentary habits have rendered them susceptible to the influences of that island populator, the wind.
1940 S. De Madariaga Christopher Columbus ii. viii. 85 Unfortunately for the reputation of Perestrello as a discoverer, and particularly as a populator, the good bishop provides the key to the crucial text in which the whole fabric is seen to fall to the ground.
1999 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 31 Jan. 52 It will be close to 2001 before broad agreement can be reached on rewriting the Constitution..to make suitable reference to the original populators of the continent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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