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colonist

colonist [ kóllənist ] (plural colonists)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. somebody living in new colony: an immigrant to a new colony, or one of the founders of it

2. European settler of America: one of the early European settlers of North America before it became the United States

3. organism moving into new ecosystem: an organism, e.g. a plant such as a weed, that moves into and establishes itself in a new ecosystem

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