colonizer
noun/ˈkɒlənaɪzə(r)/
/ˈkɑːlənaɪzər/
(British English also coloniser)
- a person who helps take control of an area or a country that is not their own, especially using force, and sends people from their own country to live there
- the arrival of European colonizers
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- an animal or plant that lives or grows in large numbers in a particular area
- Saltgrass is the first perennial colonizer of shorelines.
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