0 a person who arrives, especially from another country, in a new place in order to live there and use the land -- （尤指来自别国的）移居者，定居者；殖民者
But when planning housing in new regions, the cultural community from where the settlers will come is still unknown.
The chief obstacle to such a law in the first part of the twentieth century was opposition from settlers and farmers.
For too long the official mind quailed before settler muscle.
But soon settlers grew alarmed about the social effects of this new medium.
The project causes submergence of about 2800 hectares of tropical forests, two tribal settlements and stretches of cultivated land of non-tribal settlers.
Other legislation was of a more permanent nature, and more obviously worked to the longer-term benefit of the settler employer.
Motivated by the need for more settlers, they turned a blind eye to fugitives' illegal status and permitted them to settle.
Transport costs to world markets were high for which the settlers needed to compensate by using cheap labour.
