settler

One who settles in a new region, especially a region that has few occupants or that is occupied by people of a different ethnic or religious group.

One who settles or decides something.

One who settles; particularly, one who fixes his residence in a new colony.

A separator; a tub, pan, vat, or tank in which a separation can be effected by settling.

That which seltles or decides anything definitely; that which gives a quietus: as, that argument was a settler; his last blow was a settler.

One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc.

Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter.

That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest.

A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.