colonizer
colonizer noun: one who makes a group or place into a colony; one who establishes a colonial relationship.
Noun
colonizer (plural colonizers)
- One who makes a group or place into a colony; one who establishes a colonial relationship.
- Synonyms:
- colonist
- One who establishes a colony; one who joins a colony or is born and raised there.
- Synonyms:
- colonist
- One who intrudes and takes over.
- A species that establishes itself in a new area.
- A white person.
- Don't scare me like that, colonizer!2018 January 29, Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole, Black Panther, spoken by Shuri (Letitia Wright)
- "Howard University is supposed to be a safe space for black people and we don't need you colonizers infiltrating it," said Charlemagne, radio personality and the co-host of The Breakfast Club.2019 April 25, Dream McClinton, “Dog walkers at Howard University infringe on 'black Mecca', students say”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2021
Synonyms of colonizer
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Forms of colonizer
| plural | colonizers |
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Origin of colonizer
From colonize + -er.
Questions about colonizer
- What does colonizer mean?
- Colonizer means one who makes a group or place into a colony; one who establishes a colonial relationship.
- What part of speech is colonizer?
- Colonizer is a noun.
- What is the plural of colonizer?
- The plural of colonizer is colonizers.
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