SETTLER
\sˈɛtlə], \sˈɛtlə], \s_ˈɛ_t_l_ə]\
Definitions of SETTLER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England.
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That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest.
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A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
By Oddity Software
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Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England.
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That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest.
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A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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