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settler

UK
/ˈsɛt.lə/
US
/ˈsɛt.lɚ/

Translations

settlernoun
settlers
pl
UK
/ˈsɛt.lə/
US
/ˈsɛt.lɚ/
colonPersonne qui s’installe dans une nouvelle région ou un nouveau pays pour y vivre, souvent dans un contexte de colonisation.
The settlers arrived in the new land with hopes of building a prosperous community.
Les colons sont arrivés dans le nouveau pays avec l’espoir de bâtir une communauté prospère.
décanteurTechnique; appareil de séparation par décantation.
The wastewater first passes through a primary settler to remove most of the solids.
Les eaux usées passent d’abord dans un décanteur primaire pour éliminer la plupart des matières solides.
Additional translations
arbitrePour une personne qui règle un litige ou tranche un différend.
colonisateurAccent sur le rôle de colonisation.
Synonyms
pioneer
emigrant
newcomer
frontiersman
migrant
inhabitant
colonist
settleradjective
UK
/ˈsɛtlə/
US
/ˈsɛtlɚ/
Used mainly attributively (e.g., "settler communities", "settler colonialism"); not normally gradable.
de peuplementSe dit d’un groupe ou d’une communauté de colons.
Settler communities often retained strong cultural ties to their countries of origin.
Les communautés de peuplement conservaient souvent de forts liens culturels avec leurs pays d’origine.
Additional translations
colonialDans un contexte historique de colonisation.

Definitions

settlernoun
A person who moves to a new area or country to live, often to colonize or establish a community.
The settlers arrived in the new land with hopes of building a prosperous community.
A person who resolves or settles something, such as a dispute or a debt.
As a settler of disputes, she was often called upon to mediate conflicts in the community.
A tank or other apparatus in which suspended solids are allowed to settle out of a liquid by gravity; a settling basin.
The wastewater first passes through a primary settler to remove most of the solids.
settleradjective
Relating to settlers or to settlement, especially in a colonial context.
Settler communities often retained strong cultural ties to their countries of origin.
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