coloniser

Other forms: colonisers

Definitions of coloniser
  1. noun
    someone who helps to found a colony
    synonyms: colonizer
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    examples:
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618)
    Cecil John Rhodes
    British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)
    type of:
    beginner, father, founder, founding father
    a person who founds or establishes some institution
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