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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Settler \Set"tler\, noun
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. [Colloq.]
4. A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
settler
noun
1: a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country [syn: {colonist}]
2: a negotiator who settles disputes
3: a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "settler": KO, Maecenas, Santa Claus, almoner, almsgiver, angel, arrival, arriviste, assignor, awarder, backer, bestower, cheerful giver, clincher, colonial, colonist, colonizer, comer, conclusive argument, conferrer, consignor, contributor, crusher, death stroke, deathblow, donator, donor, emigrant, end-all, ender, entrant, fairy godmother, feoffor, final stroke, financer, finisher, finishing stroke, floorer, frontiersman, funder, gate-crasher, giver, grantor, greenhorn, homesteader, immigrant, imparter, in-migrant, incomer, intruder, kayo, kayo punch, knockdown argument, knockout, knockout blow, lady bountiful, last dab, nester, new arrival, new boy, newcomer, novus homo, parvenu, patron, patroness, philanthropist, pioneer, planter, precursor, presenter, quietus, recruit, rookie, sockdolager, sooner, squatter, stopper, stowaway, subscriber, sugar daddy, supporter, tenderfoot, testate, testator, testatrix, upstart, visitant, visitor, vouchsafer
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