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Plural of settler

regular plural

The plural of settler is settlers.

Forms of settler

Singularsettler /ˈsɛt.lɚ/
Pluralsettlers /ˈsɛt.lɚz/
Countablecountable

Settlers in a sentence

  • the first settlers of New England
  • The law, which let settlers stay on private land if they had built there without knowing the property belonged to Palestinians or had done so at the state’s direction, was backed by Israel’s most right-wing governing coalition to date.2020 June 9, David M. Halbfinger, Adam Rasgon, “Israel Court Rejects Law Legalizing Thousands of Settlement Homes”, in The New York Times...
  • When he described the settlers' dominance as accomplished, he meant that it was a fait accompli.From the entry accomplished
  • The settlers were attacked early next morning by a scouting party.From the entry party
  • The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.From the entry endemic

Meaning of settler

  1. noun Someone who settles in a new location; especially one who takes up residence in a previously uninhabited place.
  2. noun Someone who decides or settles something, such as a dispute.
  3. noun That which settles or finishes, such as a blow that decides a contest.

Full definition of settler

Questions about the plural of settler

What is the plural of settler?
The plural of settler is settlers.
Is settler countable?
Settler is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: settler (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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