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settler
/ ˈɛٱə /
noun
- a person who settles in a new country or a colony
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
French settlers called it Bad River; to the Native Americans who lived there first, it was always Mashkiiziibii: Medicine River.
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.
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.
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.
“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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