See colonizer on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "colonize",
"3": "er",
"id2": "agent noun"
},
"expansion": "colonize + -er",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From colonize + -er.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "colonizers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "colonizer (plural colonizers)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "29 20 12 7 32",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Colonialism",
"orig": "en:Colonialism",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"One who colonizes:",
"One who makes a group or place into a colony; one who establishes a colonial relationship."
],
"id": "en-colonizer-en-noun-nyzdovXd",
"links": [
[
"colonize",
"colonize"
],
[
"colony",
"colony"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "29 20 12 7 32",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Colonialism",
"orig": "en:Colonialism",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "29 38 22 0 11",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "People",
"orig": "en:People",
"parents": [
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"One who colonizes:",
"One who establishes or joins a colony; a colonist."
],
"id": "en-colonizer-en-noun-fi0MuCfi",
"links": [
[
"colonize",
"colonize"
],
[
"colony",
"colony"
],
[
"colonist",
"colonist"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "14 14 41 13 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 13 36 11 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 16 47 13 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 16 48 12 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "29 20 12 7 32",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Colonialism",
"orig": "en:Colonialism",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"One who colonizes:",
"One who intrudes and takes over."
],
"id": "en-colonizer-en-noun-sHsmxpYg",
"links": [
[
"colonize",
"colonize"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Ecology",
"orig": "en:Ecology",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A species that establishes itself in a new area."
],
"id": "en-colonizer-en-noun-L3yiDget",
"links": [
[
"ecology",
"ecology"
],
[
"species",
"species"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ecology) A species that establishes itself in a new area."
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"ecology",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Canadian English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English neologisms",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "29 20 12 7 32",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Colonialism",
"orig": "en:Colonialism",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2018 January 29, Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole, Black Panther, spoken by Shuri (Letitia Wright):",
"text": "Don't scare me like that, colonizer!",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2019 April 25, Dream McClinton, “Dog walkers at Howard University infringe on 'black Mecca', students say”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2021-11-06:",
"text": "\"Howard University is supposed to be a safe space for black people and we don't need you colonizers infiltrating it,\" said Charlemagne, radio personality and the co-host of The Breakfast Club.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2022 March 9, Samantha Ibrahim, “Marvel switching 'King Conan' character after indigenous community backlash”, in New York Post, archived from the original on 2022-03-15:",
"text": "\"Disgusted isn't even close to a word for it,\" they wrote. \"How?? how is this okay?? she was a REAL LITTLE GIRL — to do this her, to us, over and over again… i am just at a loss. disgusting. does she not deserve rest? reclamation? honor? you colonizers make me vom,\" she wrote.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2022 August 23, Jenny G. Zhang, “What We Talk About When We Talk About \"White People Food\"”, in Bon Appétit, archived from the original on 2022-12-14:",
"text": "Jokes and memes about colonizers' bland-ass food resonate, and not because of their originality or comedic genius; implicit in those quips is a declaration of allegiance with people whose ancestral lands were once plundered by colonial powers for spices and other riches.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A white person."
],
"id": "en-colonizer-en-noun-qcoW7nC2",
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(US, Canada, slang, derogatory, neologism) A white person."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "white person"
}
],
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US",
"derogatory",
"neologism",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-colonizer.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/73/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-colonizer.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-colonizer.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/73/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-colonizer.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-colonizer.wav.ogg"
}
],
"word": "colonizer"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Colonialism",
"en:People"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "colonize",
"3": "er",
"id2": "agent noun"
},
"expansion": "colonize + -er",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From colonize + -er.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "colonizers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "colonizer (plural colonizers)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"One who colonizes:",
"One who makes a group or place into a colony; one who establishes a colonial relationship."
],
"links": [
[
"colonize",
"colonize"
],
[
"colony",
"colony"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"One who colonizes:",
"One who establishes or joins a colony; a colonist."
],
"links": [
[
"colonize",
"colonize"
],
[
"colony",
"colony"
],
[
"colonist",
"colonist"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"One who colonizes:",
"One who intrudes and takes over."
],
"links": [
[
"colonize",
"colonize"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Ecology"
],
"glosses": [
"A species that establishes itself in a new area."
],
"links": [
[
"ecology",
"ecology"
],
[
"species",
"species"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ecology) A species that establishes itself in a new area."
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"ecology",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"Canadian English",
"English derogatory terms",
"English neologisms",
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2018 January 29, Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole, Black Panther, spoken by Shuri (Letitia Wright):",
"text": "Don't scare me like that, colonizer!",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2019 April 25, Dream McClinton, “Dog walkers at Howard University infringe on 'black Mecca', students say”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2021-11-06:",
"text": "\"Howard University is supposed to be a safe space for black people and we don't need you colonizers infiltrating it,\" said Charlemagne, radio personality and the co-host of The Breakfast Club.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2022 March 9, Samantha Ibrahim, “Marvel switching 'King Conan' character after indigenous community backlash”, in New York Post, archived from the original on 2022-03-15:",
"text": "\"Disgusted isn't even close to a word for it,\" they wrote. \"How?? how is this okay?? she was a REAL LITTLE GIRL — to do this her, to us, over and over again… i am just at a loss. disgusting. does she not deserve rest? reclamation? honor? you colonizers make me vom,\" she wrote.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2022 August 23, Jenny G. Zhang, “What We Talk About When We Talk About \"White People Food\"”, in Bon Appétit, archived from the original on 2022-12-14:",
"text": "Jokes and memes about colonizers' bland-ass food resonate, and not because of their originality or comedic genius; implicit in those quips is a declaration of allegiance with people whose ancestral lands were once plundered by colonial powers for spices and other riches.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A white person."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(US, Canada, slang, derogatory, neologism) A white person."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "white person"
}
],
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US",
"derogatory",
"neologism",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-colonizer.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/73/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-colonizer.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-colonizer.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/73/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-colonizer.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-colonizer.wav.ogg"
}
],
"word": "colonizer"
}
Download raw JSONL data for colonizer meaning in All languages combined (3.7kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.