settler

noun ! Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about settler at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

1. Someone who settles in a new location; especially one who takes up residence in a previously uninhabited place.

   the first settlers of New England

2. Someone who decides or settles something, such as a dispute.
3. That which settles or finishes, such as a blow that decides a contest.