Swahili
mlowezi
m-lo-WEH-zee
How to say it
Swahilimlowezim-lo-WEH-zeesoon
Englishsettlersoon
Frenchcolonsoon
Meaning
a person who moves to and establishes residence in a new, often foreign, land, a settler.
Good to know
settler
Examples
- Mlowezi wa kwanza alijenga nyumba pale.The first settler built a house there.
- Wazawa walikuwa na mgogoro na walowezi.The indigenous people had conflict with the settlers.
- Mlowezi huyo alianzisha shamba kubwa.That settler established a large farm.
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