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COLONISER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who helps to found a colony
Synonyms:
coloniser; colonizer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("coloniser" is a kind of...):
beginner; father; founder; founding father (a person who founds or establishes some institution)
Instance hyponyms:
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))
Derivation:
colonise (settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world)
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