/kɑˈlʌnɪsts/ - [kalunists] -
We found 3 definitions of colonists from 2 different sources.
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colonist - a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country | ||
settler | ||
migrant, migrator traveler who moves from one region or country to another | ||
pilgrim father, pilgrim someone who journeys in foreign lands | ||
pioneer one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory; "they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them" | ||
sourdough a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska) | ||
homesteader, nester, squatter a bird that has built (or is building) a nest |