colonist
Syllables: col·o·nist/ˈkɒlənɪst/US/ˈkɑlənɪst/
colonist noun: a founder of a colony.
Noun
colonist (plural colonists)
colonist meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
colonist in Tamil
- குடியேறி
colonist in Marathi
- founder of a colony
- वसाहतकार vasāhatkār
colonist in Urdu
- colonist, settler
- معمر mu’ammar
colonist in Telugu
- founder of a colony
- వలసపోయిన వాఁడు valasapōyina vān̆ḍu
More languagesFewer languages
- colonist in Malayalam
- കോളനി നിവാസി, പുതിയസ്ഥലത്തുവന്ന് സ്ഥിരതാമസമാക്കുന്നയാൾ, കുടിയേറിപ്പാർപ്പുകാരൻ, കുടിയേറിപ്പാർത്തവൻ
- colonist in Indonesian
- kolonis, penjajah
Examples of colonist in a sentence
- Natural catastrophes plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland.
- Venusian colonists may be skybound because the surface is too hot.
- The ship had a charge of colonists and their belongings.
Synonyms of colonist
Forms of colonist
| plural | colonists |
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Origin of colonist
From colon(y) + -ist.
Words formed from colonist
Questions about colonist
- What does colonist mean?
- Colonist means a founder of a colony.
- What is colonist in Tamil?
- Colonist in Tamil is குடியேறி. See Colonist meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is colonist?
- Colonist is a noun.
- How do you pronounce colonist?
- Colonist is pronounced /ˈkɒlənɪst/ (UK).
- What is the plural of colonist?
- The plural of colonist is colonists.
Words near colonist in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: colonist (page history and authors); colonist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); معمر (Urdu) (page history and authors); colonist (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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