colonizer

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile the large sugar and tobacco plantations that once belonged to former colonizers were quickly being absorbed by American corporations — not by Cubans.

From Los Angeles Times

Ninety-nine years later, the country expelled the last of its colonizers, but by then the country was thoroughly hooked on cà phê.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

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

From Science Daily

We started our hike by heading to the Oak of the Golden Dream, where gold was first discovered by colonizers in 1842.

From Los Angeles Times