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colonist

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++col·o·nist /ˈkɒlənɪst $ ˈkɑː-/ noun [countable]  COUNTRY/NATIONsomeone who settles in a new colony 殖民地开拓者,殖民地居民,移民 The colonists struggled through their first winter. 这些殖民地居民艰难地度过了第一个冬天。
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colonistIt is not the indigenous people who are visited by colonists here.The grateful colonists used the opportunity to expropriate the cattle and other assets of the fugitives.In he north they had merged with the Semitic colonists from Arabia to produce the civilization of Aksum.In 1638, Swedish colonists settled in present-day Delaware.On Mars, the colonists are repeating the errors of Earth.And, of course, we harness the cranial material of the descendants of the colonists.Thus the colonists kept up a trading economy while allowing for diversity.
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colonist
colonist /ˈkɒlənəst, ˈkɒlənɪst $ ˈkɑː-/ noun [countable]
someone who settles in a new colony:
    The colonists struggled through their first winter.


col·on·istBrE /ˈkɒlənɪst/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɑːlənɪst/ 🔊 nouna person who settles in an area that has become a colony 殖民地定居者