Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coloniser

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.51 in modern English

Syllables: colonis-er
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of colonizer.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Finally, the colonisers were attempting genocide, they wanted us all dead. If I identified with my wadjela ancestry at the expense of my Aboriginality, the colonisers win."

Etymology

From colonise + -er.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

colonisers (plural)

Synonyms

colonizer

Questions

What does coloniser mean?: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of colonizer.
Where does coloniser come from?: From colonise + -er.

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