Definition of soldier settler in English:

soldier settler

noun

Australian, NZ historical

An ex-serviceman who was awarded land under an interwar scheme to populate rural areas.
after the First World War a final round of leases went to soldier settlers
Example sentencesExamples
- My forebears were soldier settlers.
- The families of soldier settlers paid debentures to get their club off the ground.
- The granting of soldier-settler land would have led to prosperity.
- My father was a soldier settler farmer back in the twenties.
- Much of their land was taken over by soldier settlers after World War I.
- I was suddenly back home, aged under 10, and feeling very secure in belonging on the farm in that district where all the small farmers were soldier settlers from WWI.
- His own experience as an impoverished soldier-settler and memories of Australian vulnerability in World War II intensified a commitment to protection of local industry.
- There were certainly a lot of soldier settlers that returned from the war.
- New technology enabled many soldier settlers to pursue dairying, intensive cropping, or fruit-growing.
- My father was a soldier settler and he came here in 1952.

单词	soldier settler
释义	Definition of soldier settler in English: soldier settler noun Australian, NZ historical An ex-serviceman who was awarded land under an interwar scheme to populate rural areas. after the First World War a final round of leases went to soldier settlers Example sentencesExamples My forebears were soldier settlers. The families of soldier settlers paid debentures to get their club off the ground. The granting of soldier-settler land would have led to prosperity. My father was a soldier settler farmer back in the twenties. Much of their land was taken over by soldier settlers after World War I. I was suddenly back home, aged under 10, and feeling very secure in belonging on the farm in that district where all the small farmers were soldier settlers from WWI. His own experience as an impoverished soldier-settler and memories of Australian vulnerability in World War II intensified a commitment to protection of local industry. There were certainly a lot of soldier settlers that returned from the war. New technology enabled many soldier settlers to pursue dairying, intensive cropping, or fruit-growing. My father was a soldier settler and he came here in 1952.
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