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colonizer

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English colonize Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English colonizer From colonize + -er.

  1. derived from *kʷel-✻
  2. derived from colōnia
  3. inherited from colane
  4. suffixed as colonize — “colony + ize”
  5. suffixed as colonizer — “colonize + er”

Definitions

  1. One who colonizes

    One who colonizes:

  2. A species that establishes itself in a new area.

  3. A white person.

    • Don't scare me like that, colonizer!
    • "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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA