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peopler

peopler noun: a settler or colonizer.

Noun

peopler (plural peoplers)

  1. (archaic) A settler or colonizer.
  2. (archaic) an inhabitant.
    • Dwellers in the sounding city,
      Peoplers of the peaceful glen,
      Come with me, the day is pleasant,
      I would scale the tway-coned Ben.1872, John Stuart Blackie, Lays of the Highlands and Islands, The Ascent of Cruachan

Forms of peopler

pluralpeoplers

Origin of peopler

From people + -er.

Questions about peopler

What does peopler mean?
Peopler means a settler or colonizer.
What part of speech is peopler?
Peopler is a noun.
What is the plural of peopler?
The plural of peopler is peoplers.

Words near peopler in the dictionary

  1. peopleless
  2. peoplelessness
  3. peoplemeter
  4. peoplemeters
  5. peopleness
  6. peopler
  7. peoplers
  8. peoples
  9. peoplet
  10. Peopleton
  11. peoplets

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