Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England.

That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest.

A person who moves to a new place to live

a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country

In the XVIIth century, name given to every person who decided to stay in New France and settle it. Settlers are aslo calles "colonists".

An Israeli citizen who chooses for political, religious, or purely financial reasons, to live in the occupied territories.

Settlers are (a) in prehistory, people who have migrated to different geographic regions or (b) in recent history, people who have migrated from the land of their birth to live permanently in colonies, sometimes which are controlled militarily by their home country.