单词 | populator |
释义 | populatorn. A person who or thing which populates a place. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1664 |
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