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    COLONISER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Someone who helps to found a colonyplay

    Synonyms:

    coloniser; colonizer

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("coloniser" is a kind of...):

    beginner; father; founder; founding father (a person who founds or establishes some institution)

    Instance hyponyms:

    Ralegh; Raleigh; Sir Walter Ralegh; Sir Walter Raleigh; Walter Ralegh; Walter Raleigh (English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618))

    Cecil J. Rhodes; Cecil John Rhodes; Cecil Rhodes; 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))

    Derivation:

    colonise (settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world)

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