| settler | | |
| n. (person) | 1. colonist, settler | a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country. |
| ~ migrant, migrator | traveler who moves from one region or country to another. |
| ~ pilgrim father, pilgrim | one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620. |
| ~ pioneer | one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory.; "they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them" |
| ~ sourdough | a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska). |
| ~ homesteader, nester, squatter | someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it. |
| ~ endecott, endicott, john endecott, john endicott | born in England; in 1629 he became the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665). |
| ~ anne hutchinson, hutchinson | American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643). |
| ~ minnewit, minuit, peter minnewit, peter minuit | Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638). |
| ~ miles standish, myles standish, standish | English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656). |
| ~ roger williams, williams | English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683). |
| ~ edward winslow, winslow | English colonial administrator who traveled to America on the Mayflower and served as the first governor of the Plymouth Colony (1595-1655). |
| n. (person) | 2. settler | a negotiator who settles disputes. |
| ~ negotiant, negotiator, treater | someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement). |
| n. (person) | 3. settler | a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings. |
| ~ britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. |
| ~ clerk | an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts). |
| compromise | | |
| n. (act) | 1. compromise, via media | a middle way between two extremes. |
| ~ cooperation | joint operation or action.; "their cooperation with us was essential for the success of our mission" |
| n. (communication) | 2. compromise | an accommodation in which both sides make concessions.; "the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'" |
| ~ accommodation | a settlement of differences.; "they reached an accommodation with Japan" |
| ~ missouri compromise | an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories. |
| v. (communication) | 3. compromise | make a compromise; arrive at a compromise.; "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise" |
| ~ agree | achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose.; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman" |
| ~ whore | compromise oneself for money or other gains.; "She whored herself to Hollywood" |
| ~ give and take | make mutual concessions.; "In life you have to give and take" |
| v. (communication) | 4. compromise | settle by concession. |
| ~ square off, settle, square up, determine | settle conclusively; come to terms.; "We finally settled the argument" |
| ~ agree, concur, concord, hold | be in accord; be in agreement.; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" |
| v. (communication) | 5. compromise | expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute.; "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy" |
| ~ endanger, peril, queer, scupper, expose | put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position. |
| settlement | | |
| n. (group) | 1. colony, settlement | a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government.; "the American colony in Paris" |
| ~ body | a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity.; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" |
| ~ frontier settlement, outpost | a settlement on the frontier of civilization. |
| ~ plantation | a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America).; "the practice of sending convicted criminals to serve on the Plantations was common in the 17th century" |
| ~ proprietary colony | a colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century). |
| ~ demerara | a former Dutch colony in South America; now a part of Guyana. |
| ~ calpe, gibraltar, rock of gibraltar | location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules. |
| ~ plymouth colony | colony formed by the Pilgrims when they arrived at Plymouth Rock in 1620; it was absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691. |
| ~ new amsterdam | a settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island; annexed by the English in 1664 and renamed New York. |
| ~ colonial | a resident of a colony. |
| n. (group) | 2. settlement, small town, village | a community of people smaller than a town. |
| ~ community | a group of people living in a particular local area.; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community" |
| ~ moshav | a cooperative Israeli village or settlement comprised of small farms. |
| n. (communication) | 3. settlement | a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it. |
| ~ agreement, understanding | the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises.; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers" |
| ~ accommodation | a settlement of differences.; "they reached an accommodation with Japan" |
| ~ conclusion | a final settlement.; "the conclusion of a business deal"; "the conclusion of the peace treaty" |
| ~ out-of-court settlement | resolution of a dispute prior to the rendering of a final decision by the trial court. |
| ~ property settlement | (matrimonial law) the division of property owned or acquired by marriage partners during their marriage. |
| ~ accord and satisfaction | the settlement of a debt by paying less than the amount demanded in exchange for extinguishing the debt. |
| n. (act) | 4. colonisation, colonization, settlement | the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies.; "the British colonization of America" |
| ~ establishment, constitution, formation, organisation, organization | the act of forming or establishing something.; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club" |
| ~ population | the act of populating (causing to live in a place).; "he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals" |
| n. (cognition) | 5. closure, resolution, settlement | something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making.; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure" |
| ~ deciding, decision making | the cognitive process of reaching a decision.; "a good executive must be good at decision making" |
| n. (location) | 6. settlement | an area where a group of families live together. |
| ~ geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region | a demarcated area of the Earth. |
| ~ village, hamlet | a settlement smaller than a town. |
| n. (act) | 7. liquidation, settlement | termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities. |
| ~ ending, termination, conclusion | the act of ending something.; "the termination of the agreement" |
| ~ viaticus settlement, viatical settlement | sale of an insurance policy by a terminally ill policy holder. |
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