21
settler(noun, guide, leader, scout, alien)
16
pioneer(noun, person, alien, settler, inventor)
11
immigrant(noun, person, pioneer)
7
homesteader(noun, guide, leader, founder, scout)
6
frontiersman
6
squatter(noun, guide, leader, scout, inhabitant)
5
planter(noun, inhabitant)
5
pilgrim(noun, settler, pioneer)
5
emigrant(noun, person)
4
inhabitant(noun, person, inhabitant)
2
backwoodsman(noun, inhabitant)
2
colonizer
2
explorer
2
newcomer
1
cit
1
cockney
1
colonists
1
colonizing
1
cotter
1
forerunner
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