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noun
One who colonizes:
One who makes a group or place into a colony; one who establishes a colonial relationship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: colonist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: colonialist, person
noun
One who colonizes:
One who establishes a colony; one who joins a colony or is born and raised there.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: colonist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: colonialist, person
noun
One who colonizes:
One who intrudes and takes over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person
noun
A species that establishes itself in a new area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A white person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, neologism
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Synonyms: abelungu, ang moh, Angrez, balanda, béké, bule, cac, Caucasian, cornstarch crusader, cracker, cumskin, Eurangutan, European, farang, firangi, gringo, gora, gussuk, gweilo, haole, honky, hoogie, hoojah, ice monkey, ivory, joganosh, kabloona, laowai, leucoderm, mayo, mayo monkey, mayonnaise face, melanin-challenged, migaloo, mlungu, mzungu, ofay, oyinbo, paddy, Pakeha, paleface, pigskin, pinky, roundeye, saltine, snow bunny, snow roach, toubab, umlungu, vazaha, vanilla, wadjela, white, whiteboy, white bread, white devil, whiteface, white man, whitey, Whitoid, wigger, wonderbread, Yankee
Antonyms: none provided
noun
someone who helps to found a colony
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: coloniser
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: founder, beginner, founding father, father
Narrower terms: Raleigh, Walter Raleigh, Sir Walter Raleigh, Ralegh, Walter Ralegh, Sir Walter Ralegh, Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, Cecil John Rhodes
History
From colonize + -er.
