coloniser

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A form of colonizer — One who makes a group or place into a colony; one who establishes a colonial relationship.

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Meanings

nouncoloniser (plural colonisers)

plural colonisers

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of colonizer.

    Finally, the colonisers were attempting genocide, they wanted us all dead. If I identified with my wadjela ancestry at the expense of my Aboriginality, the colonisers win.

    2021 November 7, Claire [G.] Coleman, “Not quite blak enough: ‘The people who think I am too white to be Aboriginal are all white’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2021

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who helps to found a colony

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APA

coloniser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coloniser

MLA

“coloniser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coloniser. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coloniser,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coloniser.

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