settler
入植者
解説 Definition
新しい土地に移住して新しい共同体を建設する人。歴史的には未開地に定住して生活を築く人々を指す。
A settler is a person who moves to a new place to live there permanently, especially in a newly developed or occupied area. The word is often used in history and politics, and its meaning can be sensitive in some contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず settle を「落ち着く・定住する」で押さえると覚えやすいです。settle down で「腰を落ち着ける」、settlement で「定住地・入植地」。そこに -er が付いた settler は「新しい土地に住みつく人」。resident が単なる住民なのに対し、settler は移ってきて土地に根を下ろし共同体を作る響きがあります。歴史では early settlers, European settlers の形でよく出ます。
Build it from settle, as in settle down and live somewhere permanently. Then add -er: a settler is a person who goes to a new place and starts living there. It is common in history phrases like "early settlers" or "European settlers."
例文
Early settlers built the foundation of the town.
初期の入植者は町の基礎を構築した。
The settlers faced many hardships in the new land.
入植者は新しい土地で多くの困難に直面した。
Native Americans encountered European settlers.
ネイティブアメリカンはヨーロッパの入植者に出会った。
settler の類義語・関連語
settler の語源・成り立ち Etymology
settler は settle「住み着く、定住させる」+ -er「〜する人」。settle は古英語 setlan「座らせる、置く」にさかのぼり、「ある場所に落ち着かせる」感覚から「入植する」、そこから「入植者」になった。関連語は set, settlement。
"Settler" comes from "settle" plus the agent ending "-er," meaning "a person who settles." "Settle" goes back to Old English setlan, from the same root as "set." The basic idea was to place or make something stay in one position, which later became the sense of living permanently in a place. Related words include "set" and "settlement."
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