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Definition of Settler

1. Noun. A person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country.

2. Noun. A negotiator who settles disputes.

3. Noun. A clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings.

Definition of Settler

1. n. One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc.

Definition of Settler

1. Noun. someone who settles in a new location, especially one who makes a previously uninhabited place his home ¹

2. Noun. someone who decides something, such as a dispute ¹

3. Noun. (British) the person in a betting shop who calculates the winnings ¹

4. Noun. a drink which settles the stomach, especially a bitter drink, often a nightcap ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Settler

1. one that settles [n -S] - See also: settles

Medical Definition of Settler

1. 1. One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc. 2. Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England. 3. That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc, which settles or decides a contest. 4. A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Settler

settle someone's hash settle up settle upon settleable settleables settled settled down settled someone's hash settled up settledness

settlement settlement agreement settlement agreements settlement house settlements settler (current term) settlers settles settles down settles someone's hash

settles up settling settling down settling someone's hash settling up settlings settlor settlors setts setuale

Literary usage of Settler

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The settler having all these free of charge has only the expense of cutting ... If a settler should desire to go into stock raising, and his quarter section ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"Indeed, by the 8th section of the Act of 1850 it was provided that upon the death of any settler before the expiration of the four years continued ..."

3. Use of Water in Irrigation by Samuel Fortier (1916)
"Equipment for the New settler.—Many advertisements for the sale of ... Before purchasing, the prospective settler should either have sufficient money to ..."

4. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1903)
"THE settler HERE, where my fresh-turned furrows run, And the deep soil glistens red, I will repair the wrong that was done To the living and the dead. ..."

5. Center of the Storm: A Case Study of Human Rights Abuses in Hebron District by Peter Bouckaert, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2001)
"settler ATTACKS AND THE LACK OF AN IDF RESPONSE The Israeli Defense Forces ... Noam Tivon, April 2, 2001, discussing settler abuses in Hebron.18 Hebron's H2 ..."

6. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"ACTUAL settler. "An actual settler upon land belonging to the state is one who establishes himself upon the land, or fixes his residence upon it to effect ..."

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