| coloniz | It seems, from books, that the colonizers and adventurers went sailing off to a new fine life, a new country, opportunities, and so forth. |
| colonization | (n) the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies, Syn. settlement, colonisation, Example: the British colonization of America |
| colonize | (v) settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world, Syn. colonise, Ant. decolonize, decolonise, Example: Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century |
| colonize | (v) settle as colonists or establish a colony (in), Syn. colonise, Example: The British colonized the East Coast |
| colonizer | (n) someone who helps to found a colony, Syn. coloniser |
| Colonization | n. [ Cf. F. colonisation. ] The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies. [ 1913 Webster ] The wide continent of America invited colonization. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Colonizationist | n. A friend to colonization, esp. (U. S. Hist) to the colonization of Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Colonize | v. t. They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Colonize | v. i. To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| colonized | adj.
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| Colonizer | n. One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ] |