settlers
- 1Plural of settler.
The early settlers cleared the forest to plant their first crops.
Disputes between settlers and the native inhabitants grew over land rights.
Note
A regular plural that carries every meaning of the singular, not just the colonial one. Settlers may be colonists clearing new land, but also people who decide disputes, the staff in a British betting shop who work out winnings, stomach-settling drinks taken as nightcaps, or the tubs in which crushed ore sinks out of liquid. The possessive puts the apostrophe after the s: the settlers' cabins.
settlers is a form of settler
settler, noun: Someone who moves to make a home in a new region, especially one previously uninhabited; a colonist. Full entry
- Forms
- settlersettlers plural
- Spelling
- settler → settlers: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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