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- /ˈkɑː.lə-/
- /ˈkɒl.ə.nist/
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- US Pronunciation
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- /ˈkɑː.lə-/
Definition of colonists word
- noun colonists Plural form of colonist. 1
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Parts of speech for Colonists
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
colonists popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
colonists usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for colonists
noun colonists
- pioneers — a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- immigrants — a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence.
- colonials — Plural form of colonial.
- conquerors — a person who conquers or vanquishes; victor.
- pilgrims — a person who journeys, especially a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion: pilgrims to the Holy Land.
Top questions with colonists
- why did the colonists fight the british?
- why did the proclamation of 1763 anger colonists?
- how many colonists died in the boston massacre?
- why did the proclamation of 1763 anger the colonists?
- how did the colonists respond to the tea act?
- how did the colonists react to the townshend acts?
- how did the colonists react to the intolerable acts?
- how did colonists react to the stamp act?
- what is one reason colonists came to america?
- why did the british tax the colonists?
- where did the first portuguese colonists settle in brazil?
- how did the colonists react to the stamp act?
- how did colonists protest the stamp act?
- how did the colonists protest the stamp act?
- early jamestown why did so many colonists died?
See also
Matching words
- Words starting with c
- Words starting with co
- Words starting with col
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- Words starting with colonists
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