tomahawk settler

noun

An early settler in the American frontier during the mid-to-late 18th century who established informal claims to land through a practice by marking trees by girdling them or blazing their names or initials on the bark.

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Meanings

nountomahawk settler (plural tomahawk settlers)

plural tomahawk settlers

  1. UShistoricalAn early settler in the American frontier during the mid-to-late 18th century who established informal claims to land through a practice by marking trees by girdling them or blazing their names or initials on the bark.
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tomahawk settler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tomahawk%20settler

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Chicago

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