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Person who has migrated to an area and established permanent residence there
A settler or colonist is a person who establishes or joins a permanent presence that is separate to existing communities. The entity that settlers establish
Settler
Colonialism which replaces natives with settlers
Settler colonialism is a process by which settlers exercise colonial rule over a land and its indigenous peoples, transforming the land and replacing or
Settler_colonialism
City-building and real-time strategy video game series introduced in 1993
Windows: The Settlers II (1996), The Settlers III (1998), The Settlers IV (2001), The Settlers: Heritage of Kings (2004), The Settlers: Rise of an Empire
The_Settlers
Attacks targeting Palestinians in the West Bank
Israeli settler violence refers to acts of violence, intimidation, property damage, and other reported attacks carried out by Israeli settlers, mainly
Israeli_settler_violence
Israeli communities built on land occupied in the 1967 Six-Day War
to cease immediately all new settlement activities and to evacuate all settlers" from the occupied territories. The population of the settlements increased
Israeli_settlement
Topics referred to by the same term
opposed to a nomad. Settler or settlers may also refer to: The Settlers (novel), a Swedish novel by Vilhelm Moberg The Settlers, Canadian novel, published
Settler_(disambiguation)
Zionism has been described by several scholars as a form of settler colonialism in relation to the region of Palestine and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Zionism as settler colonialism
Zionism_as_settler_colonialism
company famous. The President models were related to the Sporting Life SETTLER, a calculator designed specifically for betting shops. The calculator was
Sinclair_President
English-born explorer, farmer, and merchant
merchant. He is best known for being the husband of Pocahontas and the first settler in the colony of Virginia to successfully cultivate a tobacco crop for
John_Rolfe
Colonial society intending to permanently settle in a foreign area
Settler society is a society founded after the conquest of another society. It is a theoretical term in the early modern period and modern history that
Settler_society
Settler colonialism in Australia concerns the application of settler colonial studies to the British colonisation of Australia. Academics within settler
Settler colonialism in Australia
Settler_colonialism_in_Australia
including the Amish, Hutterites, and Mennonites, have played a role in settler colonialism since the 1700s, in regions such as Eastern Europe, North America
Anabaptist_settlers
Topics referred to by the same term
Old Settler may refer to: The Old Settler, a mountain in the Lillooet Ranges of British Columbia, Canada Old Settlers, Cherokee tribal members who relocated
Old_Settler
1952 film
The Settler (French: L'Abatis) is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Bernard Devlin and Raymond Garceau and released in 1952. The film depicts
The_Settler
Countess of Abington, Cambridgeshire Ableman, Wisconsin – S.V.R. Ableman (settler) Ackley, Iowa – J.W. Ackley (founder) Acworth, New Hampshire – Jacob Acworth
List of places in the United States named after people
List_of_places_in_the_United_States_named_after_people
Series of Israeli military engagements in the occupied West Bank
including 143 children. The United Nations recorded more than 800 Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians between October 2023 and May 2024. Israel arrested
Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
Israeli_incursions_in_the_West_Bank_during_the_Gaza_war
Topics referred to by the same term
Settler violence may refer to: Israeli settler violence Settler violence in French Algeria (1830–1962) This disambiguation page lists articles associated
Settler_violence
Multi-player competitive board game
Catan (/kəˈtæn, -ɑːn/), previously known as The Settlers of Catan or simply Settlers, is a multiplayer board game designed by Klaus Teuber. It was first
Catan
Settler colonialism in Canada refers to the process and effects of colonization on the Indigenous peoples of Canada. As colonization progressed, Indigenous
Settler_colonialism_in_Canada
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and one of the original settlers of Aquidneck Island. He held some minor offices within the colony in the
George_Gardiner_(settler)
Violent attack on an ethnic or religious group
controversy. In 2008, two separate attacks in the West Bank by Israeli Jewish settlers on Palestinian Arabs were characterized as pogroms by then Prime Minister
Pogrom
Historical ethnic group that settled Sierra Leone
The Nova Scotian Settlers, or Sierra Leone Settlers (also known as the Nova Scotians or more commonly as the Settlers), were African Americans and Black
Nova_Scotian_Settlers
15th–19th century colonization
the Indigenous peoples in the Americas, and the establishment of several settler colonial states. The rapid rate at which some European nations grew in
European colonization of the Americas
European_colonization_of_the_Americas
Mineral extraction machine
Mixer settlers are a class of mineral process equipment used in the solvent extraction process. A mixer settler consists of a first stage that mixes the
Mixer-settler
Mountain in British Columbia, Canada
The Old Settler, elevation 2,132 m (6,995 ft), is the highest mountain in the southernmost part of the Lillooet Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British
The_Old_Settler
Tea Party. In his 1998 book Playing Indian, Deloria argues that white settlers have always played with stereotypical imagery of the peoples that were
Indigenous identity fraud in Canada and the United States
Indigenous_identity_fraud_in_Canada_and_the_United_States
2020 book by Rashid Khalidi
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 is a 2020 book by Rashid Khalidi, in which the author
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
The_Hundred_Years'_War_on_Palestine
Topics referred to by the same term
The Settlers is a video game series. There are three games in the series with the same name: The Settlers (1993 video game) The Settlers DS (2007 video
The_Settlers_(disambiguation)
2020 book
Neither Settler nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities is a 2020 book by Ugandan political theorist Mahmood Mamdani. Mamdani argues
Neither_Settler_nor_Native
English settler (1615–1680)
William Ball (1615–1680) was an English settler in colonial Virginia. He was a farmer, militia officer, and one of the early leaders in Lancaster County
William_Ball_(settler)
Control by foreign groups
metropole. Colonialism sometimes deepens by developing settler colonialism, whereby settlers from one or multiple colonizing metropoles occupy a territory
Colonialism
Jewish nationalist movement
in Palestine, a region then under Ottoman rule. The arrival of Zionist settlers in Palestine during this period is widely seen as marking the start of
Zionism
Early settler of Western Australia
1867) was an early Irish settler in Western Australia. He was one of the original settlers of Augusta and an early settler of Busselton. The outline
John Molloy (Australian settler)
John_Molloy_(Australian_settler)
Daniel LeBlanc (1626–1696) was an early Acadian settler and administrator of the Port Royal area of Acadia, present day Nova Scotia. He is the original
Daniel_LeBlanc_(settler)
Assistants to the Governor. In January 1658 Porter joined a group of other settlers in buying from some Indian sachems a large tract of land on the west side
John_Porter_(settler)
American settler (c. 1617–1685)
John Whipple (c. 1617–1685) was an early settler of Dorchester in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who later settled in Providence in the Colony of Rhode
John_Whipple_(settler)
Newspaper in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Farmer & Settler was an English-language broadsheet newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 1906 and 1957. It was primarily
The_Farmer_&_Settler
1996 city-building and real-time strategy video game
The Settlers II (German: Die Siedler II), originally released as The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici, is a 1996 city-building game with real-time strategy
The_Settlers_II
British colonists in the Cape Colony
The 1820 Settlers were several groups of British colonists who settled in the Eastern Cape of the Cape Colony under the auspices of the government of the
1820_Settlers
and as colonizers. Loftsdóttir has written that Icelandic settlers participated in settler-colonialism of Indigenous lands in the Americas and that during
Nordic_colonialism
Elimination of indigenous inhabitants
The genocide of indigenous peoples, colonial genocide, or settler genocide is the elimination of indigenous peoples as a part of the process of colonialism
Genocide of indigenous peoples
Genocide_of_indigenous_peoples
The term Byrne Settler refers to any emigrant brought to Natal by the company, J. C. Byrne & Co. These people landed in Natal on 20 ships during the years
Byrne_Settler
Scottish settler of Tristan da Cunha (1786–1853)
William Glass (11 May 1786 – 1853) was a Scottish Corporal and settler. He established the settlement that would become Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, the
William_Glass
2025 documentary
Louis Theroux: The Settlers is a 2025 BBC documentary film by Louis Theroux about illegal Israeli settlers in the West Bank and the movement for Israeli
Louis_Theroux:_The_Settlers
Suspected murder of an Israeli teenager in the West Bank
"one or more Palestinian terrorists". His disappearance sparked Israeli settler rampages in Palestinian villages in the West Bank that escalated after
Killing_of_Benjamin_Achimeir
Township in Illinois, United States
was 1,722 and it contained 735 housing units. The first Euro-American settler came to Odin Township in 1827. Odin Township (E½ T2N R1E) is centered at
Odin Township, Marion County, Illinois
Odin_Township,_Marion_County,_Illinois
Bowman (1608–1682) was the first Bowman immigrant to be among the earliest settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He had the rank of gentlemen in the public
Nathaniel_Bowman
Early settler in New England
James Atherton (c. 1624–1710) was an early settler and one of the founders of Lancaster, Massachusetts. He emigrated to the New England Colonies from
James_Atherton_(settler)
2017 book by Gerald Horne
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean is a book
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism
The_Apocalypse_of_Settler_Colonialism
Palestinian village in the South Hebron Hills (Masafer Yatta)
placing residents at risk of demolition, displacement, and recurrent settler-related incidents. The South Hebron Hills have long been used for seasonal
Khallit_al-Dabe'
Swahili pidgin from Kenya and Zambia
Settla (Kisetla), or Settler Swahili, is a Swahili pidgin mainly spoken in large European settlements in Kenya and Zambia. It was used mainly by native
Settler_Swahili
Westerkirk, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and they were the first official European settlers in what later became Scarborough, Ontario. David Thomson (1760–1834) and
David_and_Mary_Thomson
Unauthorized foreign military expedition
going on further south. Many women attended the filibuster expeditions as settlers, to help with casualties and to aid the expeditions in any way they could
Filibuster_(military)
to New France (part of which became today's Canada) and was one of its settlers. Couillard was born in 1588 to Andre Couillard and Jehanne Basset. He emigrated
Guillaume_Couillard_(settler)
John Taylor (1821-1890), son of an Oxford carpenter, was a settler to York, Western Australia who arrived in 1841, was indentured to Thomas Brown, leased
John_Taylor_(settler)
Remote settlement housing convicts
The convicts, many of whom were Afro-Peruvians, became later soldier-settlers. Close contacts with indigenous Mapuche meant many soldiers spoke Spanish
Penal_colony
First Fleet sailor and early free settler in New South Wales
1763 – 23 June 1836) was a sailor of the First Fleet and an early free settler in New South Wales. He arrived in Australia in 1788 aboard the transport
Frederick_Meredith_(settler)
2025 shooting in the Hebron Hills
on the 2024 documentary No Other Land, was shot and killed by Israeli settler Yinon Levi in the village of Umm al-Khair in the South Hebron Hills, West
Killing_of_Awdah_Hathaleen
This is a list of economic sanctions involving Israel. In the US, Israeli settler violence received greater attention by the Biden administration following
List of sanctions involving Israel
List_of_sanctions_involving_Israel
Early settler in New England
Winthrop Fleet where he became a first settler of the towns of Roxbury and Agawam, now Ipswich, and an early settler of Salem. After repeated fines for drunkenness
Robert_Coles_(settler)
Settler in New England
Blackstone; 1595 – 26 May 1675) was an early English settler in New England and the first European settler of Boston and Rhode Island. William Blaxton was
William_Blaxton
English colonial settler (1611–1687)
Philip Sherman (1611–1687) was a prominent leader and founding settler of Portsmouth in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Coming
Philip_Sherman_(settler)
Israeli settler organization
Nachala (Hebrew: נחלה) is a radical Israeli settler organization that aids younger settlers and builds new illegal Israeli outposts in the West Bank.
Nachala_(organisation)
English banker, brewer and pioneer of Albion, Illinois
Richard Flower (1760–1829) was an English banker and brewer who was one of the pioneers of Albion, Illinois and promoted English immigration to the USA
Richard_Flower_(settler)
Destruction of Indigenous Australian peoples and their cultures
whether their intention was to end resistance to settler colonisalism, protect Indigenous people from settler violence and promote the welfare of Indigenous
Genocide of Indigenous Australians
Genocide_of_Indigenous_Australians
John Tarleton, American settler and rancher
John Tarleton (1808 or 1811 – 1895) was an American settler and rancher. He is best known for endowing John Tarleton Agricultural College, which eventually
John Tarleton (American settler)
John_Tarleton_(American_settler)
Early Arizona pioneer
Mary Green (ca 1840s – 1912) was the first African-American settler to the Arizona Territory. A formerly enslaved woman from the American south, she later
Mary_Green_(settler)
John Throckmorton, Gent. (1601–1684) was an early settler of Providence Plantation in what became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
John_Throckmorton_(settler)
Russian-Israeli journalist and human rights activist (born 1998)
Andrey X, is a Russian-Israeli journalist and activist against Israeli settler violence in the West Bank. He has gained prominence during the Gaza war
Andrey_X
Crew member on the Mayflower
magistrate, settler, and cooper, best known for being a crew member on the 1620 voyage of the Mayflower which brought the English settlers, commonly known
John_Alden
American settler (1767–1814)
Major Lorenzo Carter was the first permanent settler in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Born in 1767, Carter spent his early years in Warren, Connecticut
Lorenzo_Carter_(settler)
English farmer
John Allen (1806–1879) was an English settler in the colony of Van Diemen's Land (later Tasmania) who had some success as a farmer. He also made an early
John_Allen_(settler)
British colony in Africa (1923–1980)
into the region, the settler minority voted to reject entering into a union with South Africa in favour of establishing a settler-run legislative assembly
Southern_Rhodesia
Edward Hart was an early settler of the American Colonies who, as town clerk, wrote the Flushing Remonstrance, a precursor to the United States Constitution's
Edward_Hart_(settler)
Unauthorized occupation of property
settlements in occupied territory to be illegal, In March 2018, Israeli settlers were evicted from a house they had illegally occupied in Hebron, a Palestinian
Squatting
negotiator with Native Americans in the Connecticut Colony, one of the original settlers of Hartford. He was also one of four founders of Stonington, Connecticut
Thomas_Stanton_(settler)
Mayor Galway, English Cromwellian settler in Ireland (died 1685)
John Eyre (died 1685) was an English Cromwellian settler in Ireland who became Mayor of Galway. Eyre was born in Wiltshire, England, in the early 17th
John_Eyre_(settler)
2011 video game
The Oregon Trail: American Settler is a city-building game developed and published by Gameloft. Released on November 17, 2011, for iOS and fireOS, it
The Oregon Trail: American Settler
The_Oregon_Trail:_American_Settler
Australian settler
Eliza Brown (1811 – 24 April 1896) was an early settler in colonial Western Australia whose letters to her father record the hardships of her family.
Eliza_Brown_(settler)
United States historic place
The Mennonite Settler is a 17-foot limestone statue in Newton, Kansas, honoring Mennonite farmers and their wheat heritage. The statue was crafted in
Mennonite_Settler_statue
population was 490,493 and the settler population in the Golan Heights was almost 27,000 and in East Jerusalem the settler population was around 220,000
Israeli_settlement_timeline
2023 video game
The Settlers: New Allies (German: Die Siedler: Neue Allianzen) is a real-time strategy city-building game developed by Ubisoft Düsseldorf and published
The_Settlers:_New_Allies
Native American contact of the Pilgrims
for 20 months as an interpreter, guide, and advisor. He introduced the settlers to the fur trade and taught them how to sow and fertilize native crops;
Squanto
1993 city-building and real-time strategy video game
Video games portal The Settlers (German: Die Siedler) is a 1993 city-building video game with real-time strategy elements for Amiga and MS-DOS. Developed
The Settlers (1993 video game)
The_Settlers_(1993_video_game)
Breed of goose
Pilgrim geese (Australian Settler geese in Australia) are a breed of domestic goose. They are considered to be a relatively quiet, lightweight and medium-sized
Pilgrim_goose
First settler of Providence, Rhode Island
Weekes (c. 1616 – 1688/1689), also spelled Wickes or Weeks, was a founding settler of Providence in what would become the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence
Francis_Weekes_(settler)
Part of the discourse around Israeli policies
settler colonial Jewish State". Settler Colonial Studies. 10 (4): 481–507. doi:10.1080/2201473X.2020.1794210. Segal, Raz (15 August 2024). "Settler Antisemitism
Jewish_supremacy
2007 city-building and real-time strategy video game
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire (German: Die Siedler: Aufstieg eines Königreichs) is a 2007 city-building game with real-time strategy elements for Windows
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire
The_Settlers:_Rise_of_an_Empire
Conflict between Potawatomi and European settlers
escalation by encroaching settlers and forced removal of natives. It escalated tensions between settlers and natives, fueled settler fears, and contributed
Wood_River_Massacre
Forced relocation and ethnic cleansing of the southeastern Native American tribes
and Choctaw. American settlers had been pressuring the federal government to remove Indians from the Southeast; many settlers were encroaching on Indian
Trail_of_Tears
Song by Pete Seeger
"Old Settler's Song (Acres of Clams)" (Roud 4746) is a Northwest United States folk song written by Francis D. Henry around 1874. The lyrics are sung
Old Settler's Song (Acres of Clams)
Old_Settler's_Song_(Acres_of_Clams)
Walter Bagnall (died 1631) was an early settler of the colony of Massachusetts Bay. In 1628, he became the first European immigrant to settle on Richmond
Walter_Bagnall_(settler)
Varieties of English spoken in Liberia
tertiary institutions. It is used in oratory and by newsreaders. Liberian Settler English, the language of the descendants of the 16,000 African Americans
Liberian_English
American teacher and writer (1867–1957)
published between 1932 and 1943, which was based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family. Laura Elizabeth Ingalls was born to Charles Phillip
Laura_Ingalls_Wilder
Thomas Sherwood (1586 – 1655) was an early settler of the Connecticut Colony and a deputy to the General Court of Connecticut from Stratford in the mid-17th
Thomas_Sherwood_(settler)
Rioting in the West Bank
In April 2024, Israeli settlers rampaged through Palestinian villages in the West Bank after the disappearance of Israeli teenager Benjamin Achimeir on
April 2024 Israeli settler rampages
April_2024_Israeli_settler_rampages
English settler of the Colony of Rhode Island
John Greene Sr. (c. 1590 – 7 January 1659) was an early settler of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, one of the 12 original proprietors
John_Greene_(settler)
Spanish politician
Juan Curbelo (1680–1760) was a Spanish politician who served as the sixth and eighth mayor of San Antonio, Texas, in 1737 and 1739. His family arrived
Juan_Curbelo_(Texan_settler)
Israeli settlers killed a 19-year-old Palestinian in Burqa. Two settlers were subsequently arrested. According to OCHA, the UN recorded 591 settler-related
Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2023
Timeline_of_the_Israeli–Palestinian_conflict_in_2023
Historical region of Western United States, c. 1607–1912
the migration of politically determined settlers. But pro-slavery advocates fought back with pro-slavery settlers from Missouri. Violence on both sides
American_frontier
SETTLER
SETTLER
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Holland 1.Americanized form of Norwegian Hovland.Howland was the name of three Quaker brothers, original settlers in Marshfield, MA. They were from Huntingdonshire, England. The eldest, John Howland (c.1593–1672) was a passenger on the Mayflower, servant to Gov. John Carver, who died in the first winter at Plymouth Colony.
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : from the Old Norse personal name þorkell, a contracted form of a name composed of the elements þórr, name of the Scandinavian god of thunder (see Thor) + ketill ‘cauldron’. The personal name Thurkill or Thirkill was in use throughout England in the Middle Ages; in northern England it had been introduced directly by Scandinavian settlers, whereas in the South it was the result of Norman influence. This surname and its variants are especially common in East Anglia. In Ireland the Old Norse name was adopted as a Gaelic personal name (Thorcall), which generated the surnames McCorkle and Corkill.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the city of York in northern England, or perhaps in some cases a regional name from the county of Yorkshire. The surname is now widespread throughout England. Originally, the city bore the British name Eburacum, which probably meant ‘yew-tree place’. This was altered by folk etymology into Old English EoforwÄ«c (from the elements eofor ‘wild boar’ + wÄ«c ‘outlying settlement’). This name was taken over by Scandinavian settlers in the area, who altered it back to opacity in the form IorvÃk and eventually Iork, in which form it finally settled by the 13th century. The surname has also been adopted by Jews as an Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a forester employed to look after the trees and game in a forest, Middle English woodward (from the Old English elements mentioned at 2).English : perhaps also from an Old English personal name Wuduweard, composed of the elements wudu ‘wood’ + weard ‘guardian’, ‘protector’.English : Henry Woodward emigrated from England in 1635 and settled first in Dorchester, MA, and subsequently in Northampton, MA. He had many prominent descendants. Another Henry Woodward, born about 1646 in the British West Indies, was the first English settler in SC (1664).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old French personal name Humfrey, introduced to Britain by the Normans. This is composed of the Germanic elements hūn ‘bear cub’ + frid, fred ‘peace’. It was borne by a 9th-century saint, bishop of Therouanne, who had a certain following in England among Norman settlers.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places named Whitfield, for example in Derbyshire, Kent, Northamptonshire, and Northumberland, named with Old English hwīt ‘white’ + feld ‘open country’, because of their chalky or soil.Henry Whitfield (1597–c.1657), preacher and scholar, came from Mortlake, Surrey, England (now part of Greater London) to New Haven, CT, in 1639 and was one of the first settlers in Guilford, CT. He had ten children, some of whom he left in CT when he returned to England in 1650, where he died.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a regional name for someone who had migrated from further west.This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Rolf, composed of the Germanic elements hrÅd ‘renown’ + wulf ‘wolf’. This name was especially popular among Nordic peoples in the contracted form Hrólfr, and seems to have reached England by two separate channels; partly through its use among pre-Conquest Scandinavian settlers, partly through its popularity among the Normans, who, however, generally used the form Rou(l) (see Rollo).North German : from a personal name, a contracted form of Rudolf, cognate with 1.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a weaver, early Middle English webbe, from Old English webba (a primary derivative of wefan ‘to weave’; compare Weaver 1). This word survived into Middle English long enough to give rise to the surname, but was already obsolescent as an agent noun; hence the secondary forms with the agent suffixes -er and -ster.Americanized form of various Ashkenazic Jewish cognates, including Weber and Weberman.Richard Webb, a Lowland Scot, was an admitted freeman of Boston in 1632, and in 1635 was one of the first settlers of Hartford, CT.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an Old English personal name C̄ting, a derivative of C̄ta (see Kite).Irish (of Norman origin) : Americanized form of Céitinn, a Gaelicized form of de Ketyng (probably a habitational name), which was taken to southern Ireland by Anglo-Norman settlers.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ragin ‘counsel’ + wald ‘rule’, which was first introduced to England by Scandinavian settlers in the Old Norse form Rǫgnvaldr (see Ronald), and greatly reinforced after the Conquest by the Norman forms Reinald, Reynaud. The surname is occasionally also borne by Jews, in which case it presumably represents an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin) and North German
English (of Norman origin) and North German : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements war(in) ‘guard’ + heri, hari ‘army’. The name was introduced into England by the Normans in the form Warnier.English (of Norman origin) : reduced form of Warrener (see Warren 2).Irish (Cork) : Anglicization of Gaelic Ó Murnáin (see Murnane), found in medieval records as Iwarrynane, from a genitive or plural form of the name, in which m is lenited.The name Warner was brought from England to MA independently by several different bearers in the first half of the 17th century and subsequently. Andrew Warner came from England to Cambridge, MA, in or before 1632; William Warner was in Ipswich, MA, by 1637; and John Warner was one of the settlers in Hartford, CT, in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name þorkell, a reduced form of Old Norse þórketill, composed of the elements þórr (name of the Scandinavian god of thunder; see Thor) + ketill ‘cauldron’. The personal name Thurkill or Thirkill was in widespread use in England in the Middle Ages; in northern England it was introduced directly by settlers from Scandinavia, whereas in the South it was the result of Norman influence.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : unexplained; possibly an ornamental name from Yiddish turkltoyb ‘turtle dove’.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : classicized spelling of Randolf, a Germanic personal name composed of the elements rand ‘rim’ (of a shield), ‘shield’ + wolf ‘wolf’. This was introduced into England by Scandinavian settlers in the Old Norse form Rannúlfr, and was reinforced after the Norman Conquest by the Norman form Randolf.An American family bearing the surname Randolph are descended from William Randolph (?1651–1711), a planter and merchant, a member of a family that originally came from Sussex, England, who emigrated from Warwickshire to VA c.1673. He was a forebear of Thomas Jefferson and Robert E. Lee. Randolph had seven sons, each of whom inherited an estate, the name of which was sometimes added to their own, such as Sir John Randolph of Tazewell. His great-grandsons included Edmund Randolph (1753–1813), first attorney general of the U.S. and one of the framers of the U.S. Constitution, and the diplomat and statesman John Randolph of Roanoke (1773–1833), who served as U.S. minister to Russia.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Mann 1 and 2.Irish : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó MainnÃn ‘descendant of MainnÃn’, probably an assimilated form of MainchÃn, a diminutive of manach ‘monk’. This is the name of a chieftain family in Connacht. It is sometimes pronounced Ó MaingÃn and Anglicized as Mangan.Anstice Manning, widow of Richard Manning of Dartmouth, England, came to MA with her children in 1679. Her great-great-grandson Robert, born at Salem, MA, in 1784, was the uncle and protector of author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Another early bearer of the relatively common British name was Jeffrey Manning, one of the earliest settlers in Piscataway township, Middlesex Co., NJ. His great-grandson James Manning (1738–91) was a founder and the first president of Rhode Island College (Brown University).
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish (of Norman origin) and French
English and Scottish (of Norman origin) and French : habitational name from any of various places named Malpas, because of the difficulty of the terrain, from Old French mal pas ‘bad passage’ (Latin malus passus). It is a common French minor place name, and places in Cheshire, Cornwall, Gwent, and elsewhere in England were given this name by Norman settlers. A place in Rousillon (southeastern France) that had this name in the 12th century was subsequently renamed Bonpas for the sake of a better omen.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Old English weard ‘guard’ (used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun).Irish : reduced form of McWard, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bhaird ‘son of the poet’. The surname occurs throughout Ireland, where three different branches of the family are known as professional poets.Surname adopted by bearers of the Jewish surname Warshawski, Warshawsky or some other Jewish name bearing some similarity to the English name.Americanized form of French Guerin.The surname Ward was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Nathaniel Ward (1578–1652), author of the MA legal code, was born in Haverhill, Suffolk, England, and emigrated to Agawam (Ipswich, MA) in 1633. William Ward was one of the original settlers of Sudbury, MA, in about 1638. Miles Ward came from England to Salem, MA, in about 1639. Thomas Ward (d. 1689) settled in Newport, RI, in 1671; among his descendants were two governors of colonial RI.
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South German
South German : variant of Heidel. In this spelling, the name is associated with a family of 19th-century German settlers in Russia.English (Gloucestershire) : unexplained.
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English : from a medieval personal name composed of the Germanic elements hrÅd ‘renown’ + wald ‘rule’, which was introduced into England by Scandinavian settlers in the form Róaldr, and again later by the Normans in the form Ro(h)ald. This name has absorbed a much rarer one with the second element hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’, which was introduced into England by the Normans in the form Ro(h)ard. It has also sometimes been used as a pet form of Rowe 2, itself both a variant of Rolf and a short form of Rowland.
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English : from the Middle English personal name Wymund, Old English WÄ«gmund (composed of the elements wÄ«g ‘war’ + mund ‘protection’), reinforced by the cognate Old Norse form VÃgmundr, introduced by Scandinavian settlers in northern England.John Wyman, from Hertfordshire, England, was one of the founders of Woburn, MA, in 1640.
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Fiery; Goddess of Fire
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A narrator of Hadith
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Keeping
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One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a "colored" mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers.
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The right of an actual settler upon public lands (particularly those of the United States) to purchase a certain portion at a fixed price in preference to all other applicants.
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The whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a given community; also, the proportion of deaths to population, or to a specific number of the population; death rate; as, a time of great, or low, mortality; the mortality among the settlers was alarming.
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One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc.
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A woodsman; a settler in the bush.
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A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
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A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian), in early times noted for their pursuit of agriculture, and for living at peace with the white settlers. They are now one of the civilized tribes of the Indian Territory.
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That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser, as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like.
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The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country.
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Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England.
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East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, formerly so called.
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The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a miner's claim.
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One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York.
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That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest.
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A settler; an inhabitant.