| 单词 | settler |
| 释义 | settler (once / 383 pages) 1n 2n A settler is a person who moves to a new place with the intention to stay there. Colonial America was built by settlers who came mainly from England. Settlers often think of themselves as being the first people to live in an area, although through history settlers moved to places already inhabited by native people. A settler's primary goal is to set up a home — claim land, build houses, and establish new towns with other settlers. The noun settler originally meant "thing that settles," though by the 1690s it was used to mean "person moving to a new country," from the Old English word setlan, "cause to place." WORD FAMILYsettler: settlers+/resettle: resettled, resettlement, resettles, resettling/resettlement: resettlements/settle: resettle, settled, settlement, settler, settles, settling, unsettle/settled: settledly/settlement: settlements/settling: settlings/unsettle: unsettled, unsettles, unsettling/unsettled: unsettledly USAGE EXAMPLESSettlers, meanwhile, brush it off as an irrelevance. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) So in any crunch, he sides with the settlers, and they keep pushing. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) The group says there are 12 settlements in East Jerusalem, inhabited by about 200,000 settlers. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) 1 n a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country 2Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper colonist John Endecott born in England; in 1629 he became the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665) Anne HutchinsonAmerican colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643) Peter MinnewitDutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638) Miles StandishEnglish colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656) Roger WilliamsEnglish clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683) Edward WinslowEnglish colonial administrator who traveled to America on the Mayflower and served as the first governor of the Plymouth Colony (1595-1655) Daniel Boonean American pioneer and guide and explorer (1734-1820) James BowieUnited States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836) Martha Jane BurkeUnited States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903) Christopher CarsonUnited States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868) Johnny AppleseedUnited States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845) David CrockettUnited States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836) Pilgrim, Pilgrim Father one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620 pioneerone the first colonists or settlers in a new territory sourdougha settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska) homesteader, nester, squattersomeone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it bushmana dweller in the Australian bush country backwoodsman, frontiersman, mountain mana man who lives on the frontier frontierswomana woman who lives on the frontier migrant, migrator traveler who moves from one region or country to another 1n a negotiator who settles disputes Hyper negotiant, negotiator, treater someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement) 2n a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings Hyper clerk an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts) |
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