colonist's
Belonging to immigrants
Colonist's is the possessive form of colonist, a person who settles in a new territory while maintaining ties to their home country.
The word marks ownership or association: the colonist's land grant, a colonist's daily life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
It can also indicate perspective: from the colonist's point of view, the frontier seemed limitless.
Things you possess
- suppliesResources for a task
- landEarth's solid surface
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
tools · livestock · crops · dwelling · property · rations · musket · axe
Originating from a place
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
- neighborPerson living nearby
- familyRelated people together
community · governor · homeland · tribe · interpreter · ally · enemy · compatriot
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
- journeyTravel from place to place
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
isolation · frontier · settlement · voyage · toil · perseverance · homesickness · pioneering
Way of seeing things
- attitudeSettled way of thinking
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
fear · prejudice · entitlement · superiority · justification · manifest · destiny · opportunity
Legal belonging to country
- originStarting point or source
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- citizenshipStatus as state member
religion · status · class · ethnicity · loyalty · denomination · background · birthplace
belongings
Things you possess
provisions · tools · livestock · crops · dwelling · property · rations · musket · axe · seeds
native
Originating from a place
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
- neighborPerson living nearby
family · community · governor · homeland · tribe · interpreter · ally · enemy · compatriot · missionary
hardship
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
- journeyTravel from place to place
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
adaptation · isolation · frontier · settlement · voyage · toil · perseverance · homesickness · pioneering · ordeal
viewpoint
Way of seeing things
- attitudeSettled way of thinking
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
hope · fear · prejudice · entitlement · superiority · justification · manifest · destiny · opportunity · aspiration
nationality
Legal belonging to country
- originStarting point or source
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
citizenship · religion · status · class · ethnicity · loyalty · denomination · background · birthplace · lineage