colonizer
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/ˈkɑːlənaɪzər/
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/ˈkɒlənaɪzə(r)/
A person who takes control of an area or country that is not their own, often using force and sending people from their own country to live there.
The colonizers took over the land and forced the native people to leave.
植民者たちは土地を占領し、先住民を追放しました。
An animal or plant that lives or grows in large numbers in a particular area.
The saltgrass is a colonizer that quickly covers the shoreline after a storm.
塩草は、嵐の後すぐに海岸線を迅速に覆う植民者です。