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colonizers

colonizers is the plural of colonizer.

Meaning of colonizer

Noun

colonizer (plural colonizers)

  1. One who makes a group or place into a colony; one who establishes a colonial relationship.
    Synonyms:
    colonist
  2. One who establishes a colony; one who joins a colony or is born and raised there.
    Synonyms:
    colonist
  3. One who intrudes and takes over.
  4. A species that establishes itself in a new area.
  5. (derogatory, neologism) 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)

Questions about colonizers

What is colonizers the plural of?
Colonizers is the plural of colonizer.

Words near colonizers in the dictionary

  1. colonize
  2. colonized
  3. colonizee
  4. colonizees
  5. colonizer
  6. colonizers
  7. colonizes
  8. colonizing
  9. colonless
  10. Colonna
  11. colonnade

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