Word Meanings - COLONIZER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist. Bancroft.

COLONY
A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range. (more info) 1. A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent
COLONIST
A member or inhabitant of a colony.
CROWN COLONY
A colony of the British Empire not having an elective magistracy or a parliament, but governed by a chief magistrate appointed by the Crown, with executive councilors nominated by him and not elected by the people.