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settler

noun as in pioneer

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This is the first case in Belgium to have highlighted the estimated 20,000 children born to white settlers and local black women who were forcibly removed from their families during the 1940s and 1950s.

From BBC

"Personally I think they're going to settle Jewish settlers in the north, probably in the next 18 months," he said.

From BBC

Afrikaans evolved among white settlers and comes from the Dutch word for African.

From BBC

Forays by settlers and Israeli soldiers to uproot Palestinians' olive trees, both in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, have escalated dramatically in the wake of the Hamas attack on Oct.

From Salon

But income was well down last year and this year will be even worse, says factory owner Abd al-Rahman Khalifa, as even fewer farmers are able to harvest their crop owing to attacks by settlers.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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