colonist

Noun
  1. A person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country (synset 110602839)
    is a type of: migrant, migrator - traveler who moves from one region or country to another
    subtypes:
    • pilgrim, pilgrim father - one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620
    • pioneer - one of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory
    • sourdough - a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska)
    • homesteader, nester, squatter - someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
    specific instances:
    • endecott, endicott, john endecott, john endicott - born in England; in 1629 he became the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665)
    • anne hutchinson, hutchinson - American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643)
    • minnewit, minuit, peter minnewit, peter minuit - Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638)
    • miles standish, myles standish, standish - English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656)
    • roger williams, williams - English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683)
    • edward winslow, winslow - English colonial administrator who traveled to America on the Mayflower and served as the first governor of the Plymouth Colony (1595-1655)
    same as: settler

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