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colonist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɒlənɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈkɑlənɪst/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colon(y) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English colonist From colon(y) + -ist.

Meanings

  1. A founder of a colony.
  2. A member of a colony.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
colonists Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

anticolonist

Hypernyms

colonialist · colonialist

Synonyms

colonizer · colonizer

Translations (75)

gl colonizador (founder of a colony) · pl kolonista (member of a colony) · es colono (founder of a colony) · mr वसाहतकार (founder of a colony) · es colonizadora (founder of a colony) · ru поселе́нка (founder of a colony) · bg колонистка (founder of a colony) · nb kolonist (founder of a colony) · pl osadnik (founder of a colony) · ca colonitzadora (founder of a colony) · de Kolonisatorin (founder of a colony) · pl osadniczka (member of a colony) · sv kolonisatör (founder of a colony) · es colono (member of a colony) · ro colonist (founder of a colony) · grc ἄποικος (member of a colony) · ru колониза́тор (founder of a colony) · ro colonistă (founder of a colony) · cmn 殖民者 (founder of a colony) · da kolonist (founder of a colony) · ca colona (member of a colony) · he מתיישב (founder of a colony) · ja 入植者 (founder of a colony) · he מתיישב (member of a colony) · hu gyarmatosító (founder of a colony) · id kolonis (founder of a colony) · it colonizzatrice (founder of a colony) · id penjajah (founder of a colony) · te వలసపోయిన వాఁడు (founder of a colony) · el άποικος (founder of a colony) · ast colonu (member of a colony) · eo koloniano (member of a colony) · fr colon (member of a colony) · pt colono (member of a colony) · pl osadnik (member of a colony) · ru колони́стка (founder of a colony) · es colonizador (founder of a colony) · nb kolonist (member of a colony) · ru колони́ст (founder of a colony) · pt colona (founder of a colony) · es colona (member of a colony) · fr colonisateur (founder of a colony) · ja 開拓者 (founder of a colony) · de Kolonist (founder of a colony) · id kolonis (member of a colony) · fr colonisatrice (founder of a colony) · he מתנחל (member of a colony) · pl kolonistka (member of a colony) · pt colonizador (founder of a colony) · la colōnistus (founder of a colony) · la colōna (founder of a colony) · pl osadniczka (founder of a colony) · pt colonizadora (founder of a colony) · el άποικος (member of a colony) · nn kolonist (founder of a colony) · nl kolonist (founder of a colony) · ca colonitzador (founder of a colony) · pt colono (founder of a colony) · de Kolonistin (founder of a colony) · es colona (founder of a colony) · ca colon (member of a colony) · gl colono (member of a colony) · nn kolonist (member of a colony) · ru поселе́нец (founder of a colony) · it colonizzatore (founder of a colony) · fi siirtolainen (founder of a colony) · la colōnus (founder of a colony) · bg колонист (founder of a colony) · pl kolonistka (founder of a colony) · grc ἄποικος (founder of a colony) · la colōnista (founder of a colony) · sv nybyggare (founder of a colony) · pl kolonista (founder of a colony) · de Kolonisator (founder of a colony) · gl colonizadora (founder of a colony)