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
The tale of Pocahontas saving colonist John Smith from execution has long been romanticized and exaggerated in pop culture, especially in the animated Disney film "Pocahontas."
From Salon
She tells of matrilineal tribes, like the Iroquois and the Cherokee, baffling and enraging male colonists, who refused to honor “petticoat government.”
From New York Times
The Tappan Zee name comes from 17th Century Dutch colonists, named after a group of Native Americans who used to live in the area and the Dutch word for sea.
From Fox News
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
