settler

/ˈsɛtlər/
noun
  1. A person who moves to a new country or region to live there permanently, especially one who establishes a home in a previously uninhabited or sparsely populated area.
    • The first European settlers arrived on the coast in the 1600s.
    • Many settlers traveled west in covered wagons to claim land.
    • Early settlers built log cabins and cleared the land for farming.
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