# settler

Pronunciation: US say "SET-lur" /ˈsɛt.lɚ/; UK say "SET-luh" /ˈsɛt.lə/

## Noun

1. Someone who moves to make a home in a new region, especially one previously uninhabited; a colonist.
   - Simple: A person who moves to live in a new place, especially somewhere few people lived before.
   - _European settlers cleared the forest to plant wheat and corn._
   - _Under the Homestead Act, each settler was promised 160 acres of land._
2. Someone who decides or resolves a matter, such as a dispute or disagreement.
   - Simple: A person who ends an argument or makes the final decision about something.
   - _The veteran mediator earned a reputation as a settler of difficult labor disputes._
   - _In our family, Grandma was always the settler of quarrels at holiday dinners._
3. Something that brings a contest or argument to a decisive end, especially a finishing blow. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Something that ends a fight or contest for good, like one final strong hit.
   - _The champion's left hook in the eighth round proved to be the settler._
   - _Her final statistic was the settler; nobody in the meeting argued after that._
4. A drink taken to calm the stomach, especially a bitter one, often as a nightcap.
   - Simple: A drink that helps your stomach feel better, often a bitter drink taken at night.
   - _The bartender suggested an amaro as a settler after the rich dinner._
   - _He poured himself a settler, hoping it would quiet his stomach before sleep._
5. The employee in a betting shop who calculates the winnings owed on each bet. *(British)*
   - Simple: A person in a betting shop whose job is to figure out how much money each winner gets.
   - _Before computers, every betting shop employed a settler to work out complicated accumulator payouts._
   - _The settler double-checked the each-way bet before handing over the cash._
6. A vessel, such as a tub or tank, in which solid particles suspended in a liquid are allowed to sink and separate.
   - Simple: A container where small pieces in a liquid are left to sink to the bottom.
   - _The slurry from the crusher flows into a settler, where the heavier ore sinks out._
   - _Each settler at the treatment plant holds several thousand gallons of cloudy water._

## Origin

Formed from the verb "settle" combined with the suffix "-er."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/settler (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).