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settler

[ set-ler, -l-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that settles. settle.
  2. a person who settles settle in a new country or area.


settler

/ ˈɛٱə /

noun

  1. a person who settles in a new country or a colony
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Word History and Origins

Origin of settler1

First recorded in 1590–1600; settle 1 + -er 1
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French settlers called it Bad River; to the Native Americans who lived there first, it was always Mashkiiziibii: Medicine River.

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Türk said his office had verified that Israeli state and settler violence had killed at least 909 Palestinians across the West Bank since 7 October 2023, including 191 children and five people with disabilities.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apologised on Friday after hundreds of its members criticised it for not supporting Oscar-winner Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian who was recently detained by Israeli settlers.

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Israeli military and police detained Ballal on Monday evening after a group of settlers descended on the Palestinian village of Susiya as its residents broke their daylong Ramadan fast, according to the Associated Press.

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“We were told that because other Palestinians were beaten up in the settler attack, it could be considered unrelated to the film, so they felt no need to respond,” Abraham said.

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