What does "settler" mean?

Someone who settles in a new location, especially one who takes up residence in a previously uninhabited place; a colonist.

What is a synonym for "settler"?

Common synonyms include: almoner, almsgiver, angel, arrival, arriviste, assignor.

//ˈsɛt.lɚ// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
Someone who settles in a new location, especially one who takes up residence in a previously uninhabited place; a colonist.
"the first settlers of New England"
2
a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country wordnet
3
Someone who decides or settles something, such as a dispute.
4
a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings wordnet
5
That which settles or finishes, such as a blow that decides a contest. colloquial

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a negotiator who settles disputes wordnet
7
The person in a betting shop who calculates the winnings. British
8
A drink which settles the stomach, especially a bitter drink, often a nightcap.
"[H]aving got out the rum bottle for a quiet “settler” just as the victim of his fascinations glided through the carefully adjusted door, he had been persuaded to go on drinking."
9
A vessel, such as a tub, in which something, such as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
"First, there will be little reaction in the settler so that the concentrations of soluble constituents in the recycle stream are the same as those in the bioreactor."