colonizer
Noun
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Someone who helps to found a colony (synset 109957361)
is a type of: beginner, father, founder, founding father - a person who founds or establishes some institutionspecific instances:
- ralegh, raleigh, sir walter ralegh, sir walter raleigh, walter ralegh, walter raleigh - English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618)
- cecil j. rhodes, cecil john rhodes, cecil rhodes, rhodes - British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)
same as: coloniser
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