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backsettlers

backsettlers is the plural of backsettler.

Meaning of backsettler

Noun

backsettler (plural backsettlers)

  1. One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.
    • the English backsettlers of Leinster and Munstera. 1859, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Sir William Temple
    Synonyms:
    ruralite

Questions about backsettlers

What is backsettlers the plural of?
Backsettlers is the plural of backsettler.

Words near backsettlers in the dictionary

  1. backsells
  2. backset
  3. backsets
  4. backsetting
  5. backsettler
  6. backsettlers
  7. backsey
  8. backseys
  9. backshadow
  10. backshadowed
  11. backshadowing

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