Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA founder of a colony.
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nounA member of a colony.
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More synonyms by meaning
nouna person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
- Proto-Italic*kʷelō
- Latincolō
- Latincolōnus
- Latincolōnia
- Middle Englishcolane
- Englishcolon(y)
- Englishcolonist
Translations
Ancient Greek ἄποικος, ἄποικος
- ἄποικος (ápoikos)founder of a colony
- ἄποικος (ápoikos)member of a colony
Bulgarian колонист, колонистка
- колонист (kolonist)founder of a colony
- колонистка (kolonistka)founder of a colony
Catalan colonitzador, colonitzadora
- colonitzadorfounder of a colony
- colonitzadorafounder of a colony
- colonmember of a colony
- colonamember of a colony
Chinese Mandarin 殖民者
- 殖民者 (zhímínzhě)founder of a colony
Danish kolonist
- kolonistfounder of a colony
Dutch kolonist
- kolonistfounder of a colony
Esperanto koloniano
- kolonianomember of a colony
Finnish siirtolainen
- siirtolainenfounder of a colony
French colonisateur, colonisatrice
- colonisateurfounder of a colony
- colonisatricefounder of a colony
- colonmember of a colony
German Kolonist, Kolonistin
- Kolonistfounder of a colony
- Kolonistinfounder of a colony
- Kolonisatorfounder of a colony
- Kolonisatorinfounder of a colony
Greek άποικος, άποικος
- άποικος (ápoikos)founder of a colony
- άποικος (ápoikos)member of a colony
Hebrew מתיישב, מתיישב
- מתיישב (mityashév)founder of a colony
- מתיישב (mityashév)member of a colony
- מתנחל (mitnakhél)member of a colony
Hungarian gyarmatosító
- gyarmatosítófounder of a colony
Indonesian kolonis, penjajah
- kolonisfounder of a colony
- penjajahfounder of a colony
- kolonismember of a colony
Italian colonizzatore, colonizzatrice
- colonizzatorefounder of a colony
- colonizzatricefounder of a colony
Japanese 開拓者, 入植者
- 開拓者 (kaitakusha)founder of a colony
- 入植者 (nyūshokusha)founder of a colony
Latin colōnus, colōna
- colōnusfounder of a colony
- colōnafounder of a colony
- colōnistusfounder of a colony
- colōnistafounder of a colony
Norwegian Bokmål kolonist, kolonist
- kolonistfounder of a colony
- kolonistmember of a colony
Polish kolonista, kolonistka
- kolonistafounder of a colony
- kolonistkafounder of a colony
- osadnikfounder of a colony
- osadniczkafounder of a colony
- kolonistamember of a colony
- kolonistkamember of a colony
- osadnikmember of a colony
- osadniczkamember of a colony
Portuguese colonizador, colonizadora
- colonizadorfounder of a colony
- colonizadorafounder of a colony
- colonofounder of a colony
- colonafounder of a colony
- colonomember of a colony
Romanian colonist, colonistă
- colonistfounder of a colony
- colonistăfounder of a colony
Russian колони́ст, колони́стка
- колони́ст (koloníst)founder of a colony
- колони́стка (kolonístka)founder of a colony
- поселе́нец (poselénec)founder of a colony
- поселе́нка (poselénka)founder of a colony
- колониза́тор (kolonizátor)founder of a colony
Spanish colono, colona
- colonofounder of a colony
- colonafounder of a colony
- colonizadorfounder of a colony
- colonizadorafounder of a colony
- colonomember of a colony
- colonamember of a colony
Swedish nybyggare, kolonisatör
- nybyggarefounder of a colony
- kolonisatörfounder of a colony
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
colonist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colonist
MLA
“colonist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colonist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colonist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colonist.
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