settler

English

Etymology

settle +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛt.lɚ/, /ˈsɛt.l̩.ɚ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛt.lə/, /ˈsɛt.l̩.ə/
• Hyphenation: sett‧ler

Noun

settler (plural settlers)

1. Someone who settles in a new location, especially one who takes up residence in a previously uninhabited place; a colonist.

   the first settlers of New England

2. Someone who decides or settles something, such as a dispute.
3. (colloquial) That which settles or finishes, such as a blow that decides a contest.
4. (British) The person in a betting shop who calculates the winnings.
5. A drink which settles the stomach, especially a bitter drink, often a nightcap.
6. A vessel, such as a tub, in which something, such as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
   • 2011, C. P. Leslie Grady, Jr., ‎Glen T. Daigger, ‎Nancy G. Love, Biological Wastewater Treatment, Third Edition (page 189)

     First, there will be little reaction in the settler so that the concentrations of soluble constituents in the recycle stream are the same as those in the bioreactor.

Derived terms

• Settla

Related terms

• settlement

Translations

someone who settles in a new location, especially one who makes a previously uninhabited place his home

• Arabic: مُسْتَوْطِن m (mustawṭin), مُسْتَعْمِر m (mustaʕmir), مُعَمِّر m (muʕammir)
• Catalan: colon (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 定居者 (zh) (dìngjūzhě), 開拓者／开拓者 (zh) (kāituòzhě), 开拓者 (zh) (kāituòzhě), 殖民者 (zh) (zhímínzhě)

• Czech: osadník m
• Finnish: uudisraivaaja, uudisasukas (fi)
• French: colon (fr) m
• German: Siedler (de) m, Ansiedler m, Kolonist (de) m
• Greek: άποικος (el) m or f (ápoikos), (settling in an already inhabited place) έποικος (el) m or f (époikos)

  Ancient: ἄποικος m (ápoikos), (settling in an already inhabited place) ἔποικος m (époikos)

• Hebrew: מתנחל m (mitnakhel)
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• Hungarian: telepes (hu)
• Italian: colonizzatore (it) m, colonizzatrice f, colono (it)
• Japanese: 入植者 (にゅうしょくしゃ, nyūshokusha), 開拓者 (かいたくしゃ, kaitakusha)
• Latin: colōnus m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nybygger m, bosetter m

  Nynorsk: nybyggjar m

• Polish: osadnik (pl) m, osiedleniec m
• Portuguese: colono (pt)
• Russian: поселе́нец (ru) m (poselénec), колони́ст (ru) m (koloníst)
• Spanish: colonizador (es) m
• Swedish: bosättare (sv) c, nybyggare (sv) c

someone who decides something, such as a dispute

• Greek: διακανονιστής m (diakanonistís)
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the person in a betting shop who calculates the winnings

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a drink that settles the stomach

• Greek: (medicine) διαπυκτικόν n (diapyktikón)
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• Italian: digestivo (it) m

Anagrams

• Stelter, Stetler, letters, lettres, sterlet, trestle

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Norman

Etymology

From English settle +‎ -er.

Verb

settler

1. (Jersey) to settle (an argument, a dispute, etc.)