settler
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settler (plural settlers)
- someone who settles in a new location, especially one who makes a previously uninhabited place his home
- the first settlers of New England
- someone who decides something, such as a dispute
- (UK) the person in a betting shop who calculates the winnings
- A drink which settles the stomach, especially a bitter drink, often a nightcap.
- A vessel, such as a tub, in which something, such as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
- (colloquial) That which settles or finishes, such as a blow that decides a contest.
Translations [edit]
someone who settles in a new location, especially one who makes a previously uninhabited place his home
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someone who decides something, such as a dispute
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the person in a betting shop who calculates the winnings
a drink that settles the stomach
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Verb [edit]
settler
- to settle