original settlers
collocation in Englishmeaningsoforiginalandsettler
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original
adjective
uk/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/us/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/
existing since the beginning, or being the earliest form ...
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settler
noun[C]
uk/ˈset.lər/us/ˈset.lɚ/
a person who arrives, especially from another country, in a new place in order to live there and use ...
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(Definition oforiginalandsettlerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Then he would go on showing how his line, and particularly he, was the direct descendant of theoriginalsettler.
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Several of theoriginalsettlershacks are still visible in the area.
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We are not aware of any commitment to the original settlers that would have a bearing on the forthcoming nationality legislation.
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Many of these original settlers have streets named after them in the borough.
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A further 11 families joined the original settlers in 1935.
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At the end of the first chapter, many of the descendants of the original settlers are said to have dispersed in all directions.
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Descendants of the original settlers elected officials, and, according to some accounts, issued visas to passing tourists.
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By this time, it is likely that the family members of the original settlers had joined the group.
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Several of the original settlers had given up because of the bad times, and sold their land to neighbors or others, and then moved away.
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Although they did some farming, few of the original settlers were accustomed to manual labor or familiar with farming.
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As the original settlers moved away, the land values declined, some of the houses were left empty, and others were rented or sold.
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The original settlers cut them down in a wide area, first for homesteads and then to cultivate more crops and land.
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From 1905 to 1910, there was an influx of families and individuals who took up homesteads to the west of the original settlers.
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The very hilly land, once thought to be nearly worthless, was sold to the original settlers for twelve cents an acre.
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Most of the original settlers never returned, but by the mid-1850s there were a number of farmers and orchardists in the area.
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The old forest was retained by descendants of the original settlers until the mid-1950s.
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A dispute among the original settlers led to a dissolution of the town, but it was re-organized in 1874.
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The concept of village apparently did not catch on with the children of the original settlers who preferred more isolated farms.
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