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colonizer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From colonize + -er.

Meanings

1. One who colonizes: ▸ One who makes a group or place into a colony; one who establishes a colonial relationship.
2. One who colonizes: ▸ One who establishes a colony; one who joins a colony or is born and raised there.
3. One who colonizes: ▸ One who intrudes and takes over.
4. A species that establishes itself in a new area.
5. (derogatory, neologism) A white person.
   • Jokes and memes about colonizers' bland-ass food resonate, and not because of their originality or comedic genius; implicit in those quips is a declaration of allegiance with people whose ancestral lands were once plundered by colonial powers for spices and other riches. 2022 August 23, Jenny G. Zhang, “What We Talk About When We Talk About "White People Food"”, in Bon Appétit, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2022:
   • Don't scare me like that, colonizer! 2018 January 29, Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole, Black Panther, spoken by Shuri (Letitia Wright):
   • "Howard University is supposed to be a safe space for black people and we don't need you colonizers infiltrating it," said Charlemagne, radio personality and the co-host of The Breakfast Club. 2019 April 25, Dream McClinton, “Dog walkers at Howard University infringe on 'black Mecca', students say”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2021:
   • "Disgusted isn't even close to a word for it," they wrote. "How?? how is this okay?? she was a REAL LITTLE GIRL — to do this her, to us, over and over again… i am just at a loss. disgusting. does she not deserve rest? reclamation? honor? you colonizers make me vom," she wrote. 2022 March 9, Samantha Ibrahim, “Marvel switching 'King Conan' character after indigenous community backlash”, in New York Post, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2022:

Forms

Hypernyms

colonialist · person · colonialist · person · person

Synonyms

white · oyinbo · hoojah · cumskin · Caucasian · ivory · snow bunny · snow roach · paddy · ang moh · white bread · balanda · ice monkey · toubab · Pakeha · umlungu · colonist · cracker · vazaha · migaloo · abelungu · cornstarch crusader · wonderbread · laowai · Whitoid · leucoderm · gringo · Eurangutan · mzungu · Yankee · firangi · pinky · Angrez · hoogie · paleface · mayonnaise face · roundeye · joganosh · mayo monkey · whiteface · whiteboy · Yakubian · farang · honky · bule · kabloona · white devil · vanilla · gussuk · gweilo · saltine · mayo · ofay · colonist · European · cac · béké · mlungu · wigger · haole · wadjela · melanin-challenged · gora · pigskin · white man · whitey