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Colonist

Definition of Colonist

  • 1. A person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country Noun

Synonyms for word "colonist"

  • settler

Semanticaly linked words with "colonist"

  • migrant
  • migrator
  • pilgrim
  • pilgrim father
  • pioneer
  • sourdough
  • homesteader
  • nester
  • squatter
  • endecott
  • endicott
  • john endecott
  • john endicott
  • anne hutchinson
  • hutchinson
  • minnewit
  • minuit
  • peter minnewit
  • peter minuit
  • miles standish
  • myles standish
  • standish
  • roger williams
  • williams
  • edward winslow
  • winslow

Hyponims for word "colonist"

  • migrant
  • migrator

Lexical Analysis for "colonist"

  1. colony
    Noun
    derivation
    3
    1. a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
    2. a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
    3. one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
Etymology for colonist
  • has derived form colony
  • etymological origin of -ist
  • etymologically related colonise
  • etymologically related colonize
  • etymological origin of colony
  • is derived from colonists
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