colonist
Example Sentences
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Spain, the dominant power in the region, didn’t look on the project kindly and attacked the Scottish colonists.
Thanksgiving is thought to be modeled on a 1621 harvest meal between the Wampanoag people and English colonists known as Pilgrims.
From Barron's
Students of history will note that one of the reasons why the American colonies became the United States was because colonists got tired of King George III arbitrarily prosecuting those who disagreed with him.
From Salon
Together, they persuasively built that riveting argument that the American Revolution was not a simple battle between American colonists and British redcoats.
From Salon
While the Patriots, colonists seeking an independent America, rhapsodized about freedom, the British actually offered it to enslaved Black people, successfully recruiting many to fight for the Loyalists, colonists seeking to remain British subjects.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
