settler
n.a person who goes to live in a new place where not many people from their own country have lived before. They often move to start a new life or farm the land.
n.a person who migrates to an area and establishes a permanent residence there, often in a region previously uninhabited by their own ethnic or national group.
“The early settlers built small wooden houses near the river.”
“Many settlers moved west in search of fertile land and a fresh start for their families.”
“The arrival of European settlers in the eighteenth century fundamentally altered the local ecosystem and displaced the indigenous populations that had inhabited the region for millennia.”
Commonly used in historical contexts to describe colonial expansion.
Usage settler violence · settler attacks · settler siege
“The two statements were issued on Thursday, as dozens of Israeli settlers continue to besiege three Palestinian families in the Ras al-Ain area in western Qusra for a fifth night.”
“An Israeli settler tends to his animals as settlers besiege a Palestinian home.”
From settle + -er.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.