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colonists

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for colonists.

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The British government was also eliminating laws the colonists had made for themselves, and instantiating his own.

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Quick take

A member of a colony.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of colonists gathered in one view.

noun

A member of a colony.

noun

A founder of a colony.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for colonists.

noun

A member of a colony.

noun

A founder of a colony.

Example sentences

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The British government was also eliminating laws the colonists had made for themselves, and instantiating his own.

2

The government also created a multitude of new government offices and harassed the colonists with regulations of every sort.

3

Were the American colonists really right to rebel from the British, or is that just winner's history?

4

The same weather system flooded China, flood defenses had been neglected while the Chinese were fighting off European colonists.

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It also acted as a mechanism to restrict free speech and to spy on the colonists.

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Therefore the government also imposed taxes on the colonists, without giving them any representation in parliament.

7

Thousand years later, first colonists in a different galaxy: - Remember that dude from our childhood?

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It will be hard, but a few of those colonists will succeed in establishing far-flung outposts.

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Keep in mind that the conditions US colonists found in the US: a massive, dense, virgin forest were not natural.

10

The American colonists adopted the position that the unrepresentative government of the King was illegitimate and needed to be abolished.

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All of this the colonists called tyranny, and you can read more in the Declaration.

12

The thick forests early European colonists encountered were the result of massive depopulation of people and not 'natural' in that sense.

Quote examples

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The British government was forcing colonists to house their troops, which allowed them "free" housing and food.

2

The government also regulated the colonists' trade with other countries, trying to enrich itself and pay for its irresponsible Keynesian "stimulus".

3

Cutting a check for the rest of the Earth's six billion people who "make it" to America is a recipie for exponentially more economic-refugee-cum-colonists.

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On the other hand, if there is some kind of "collapse" where anything that goes beyond our observable bubble just disappears, then you have sent the colonists to their death.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use colonists in a sentence?

The British government was also eliminating laws the colonists had made for themselves, and instantiating his own.

What does colonists mean?

A member of a colony.

What part of speech is colonists?

colonists is commonly used as noun.