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colonizer

[kol-uh-nahy-zer] / ˈkɒl əˌnaɪ zər /
NOUN
imperialist
Synonyms
STRONGEST


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Other tracks like “Plantación Adentro,” detailed the story of Camilo Manrique, a fictionalized enslaved character who died at the hands of a Spanish colonizer in 1745.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2026

Powerful new international circuits of credit were built that deepened America’s integration into a British-led global economy and helped pave the way for the young U.S. to leapfrog its former colonizer.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 1, 2025

As Brigham Young, the Mormon colonizer, said, “This is the place.”

From New York Times Jan. 3, 2024

President Idriss Déby, who was fatally wounded on the battlefield in 2021, tamped down multiple rebellions during his 30-year reign, sometimes with the support of Chad’s former colonizer, France.

From Washington Post Apr. 23, 2023

There will always be, in emerging nations, an enduring attraction to the ways of the colonizer — I myself was not immune to it.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The colonizers, four Chagossians aged 31 to 72, clambered aboard a dinghy and came ashore, waving British and American flags.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 19, 2026

But as human activities damage habitats and reduce biodiversity across regions, the number of possible colonizers falls.

From Science Daily Feb. 18, 2026

The Spanish colonizers suppressed this intentional annual brush burning, claiming it was incompatible with agriculture.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2025

“The presence of terrestrial microorganism within a sample of Ryugu underlines that microorganisms are the world's greatest colonizers and adept at circumventing contamination controls,” the authors conclude.

From Salon Nov. 24, 2024

Because of their key role in establishing and populating a colony, settlers may be called colonizers.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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