noun
Meaning 1
A founder of a colony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: colonizer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: colonialist
Standard Lemma guide
colonist
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒlənɪst/
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General-American: /ˈkɑlənɪst/
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CMU ARPABET: K AA1 L AH0 N IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A member of a colony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: colonizer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: colonialist
noun
Meaning 3
a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: settler
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: migrant, migrator
Narrower terms: Pilgrim, Pilgrim Father, pioneer, sourdough, squatter, homesteader, nester, Endecott, Endicott, John Endecott, John Endicott, Hutchinson, Anne Hutchinson, Minuit, Peter Minuit, Minnewit, Peter Minnewit, Standish, Miles Standish, Myles Standish, Williams, Roger Williams, Winslow, Edward Winslow
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kwélh1eti Proto-Italic *kwelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colon(y) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English colonist From colon(y) + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: колонист (kolonist) — founder of a colony
- Bulgarian: колонистка (kolonistka) — founder of a colony
- Catalan: colonitzador — founder of a colony
- Catalan: colonitzadora — founder of a colony
- Chinese Mandarin: 殖民者 (zhímínzhě) — founder of a colony
- Danish: kolonist — founder of a colony
- Dutch: kolonist — founder of a colony
- Finnish: siirtolainen — founder of a colony
- French: colonisateur — founder of a colony
- French: colonisatrice — founder of a colony
- Galician: colonizador — founder of a colony
- Galician: colonizadora — founder of a colony
- German: Kolonist — founder of a colony
- German: Kolonistin — founder of a colony
- German: Kolonisator — founder of a colony
- German: Kolonisatorin — founder of a colony
- Greek: άποικος (ápoikos) — founder of a colony
- Ancient Greek: ἄποικος (ápoikos) — founder of a colony
- Hebrew: מתיישב (mityashév) — founder of a colony
- Hungarian: gyarmatosító — founder of a colony
- Indonesian: kolonis — founder of a colony
- Indonesian: penjajah — founder of a colony
- Italian: colonizzatore — founder of a colony
- Italian: colonizzatrice — founder of a colony
- Japanese: 開拓者 (kaitakusha) — founder of a colony
- Japanese: 入植者 (nyūshokusha) — founder of a colony
- Latin: colōnus — founder of a colony
- Latin: colōna — founder of a colony
- Latin: colōnistus — founder of a colony
- Latin: colōnista — founder of a colony
- Marathi: वसाहतकार (vasāhatkār) — founder of a colony
- Norwegian Bokmål: kolonist — founder of a colony
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kolonist — founder of a colony
- Polish: kolonista — founder of a colony
- Polish: kolonistka — founder of a colony
- Polish: osadnik — founder of a colony
- Polish: osadniczka — founder of a colony
- Portuguese: colonizador — founder of a colony
- Portuguese: colonizadora — founder of a colony
- Portuguese: colono — founder of a colony
- Portuguese: colona — founder of a colony
- Romanian: colonist — founder of a colony
- Romanian: colonistă — founder of a colony
- Russian: колони́ст (koloníst) — founder of a colony
- Russian: колони́стка (kolonístka) — founder of a colony
- Russian: поселе́нец (poselénec) — founder of a colony
- Russian: поселе́нка (poselénka) — founder of a colony
- Russian: колониза́тор (kolonizátor) — founder of a colony
- Spanish: colono — founder of a colony
- Spanish: colona — founder of a colony
- Spanish: colonizador — founder of a colony
- Spanish: colonizadora — founder of a colony
- Swedish: nybyggare — founder of a colony
- Swedish: kolonisatör — founder of a colony
- Telugu: వలసపోయిన వాఁడు (valasapōyina vān̆ḍu) — founder of a colony
- Asturian: colonu — member of a colony
- Catalan: colon — member of a colony
- Catalan: colona — member of a colony
- Esperanto: koloniano — member of a colony
- French: colon — member of a colony
- Galician: colono — member of a colony
- Greek: άποικος (ápoikos) — member of a colony
- Ancient Greek: ἄποικος (ápoikos) — member of a colony
- Hebrew: מתיישב (mityashév) — member of a colony
- Hebrew: מתנחל (mitnakhél) — member of a colony
- Indonesian: kolonis — member of a colony
- Norwegian Bokmål: kolonist — member of a colony
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kolonist — member of a colony
- Polish: kolonista — member of a colony
- Polish: kolonistka — member of a colony
- Polish: osadnik — member of a colony
- Polish: osadniczka — member of a colony
- Portuguese: colono — member of a colony
- Spanish: colono — member of a colony
- Spanish: colona — member of a colony
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