Settler

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun One who settles, becomes fixed, established, ·etc.

II. Settler ·noun That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, ·etc., which settles or decides a contest.

III. Settler ·noun A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.

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