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| outpost |
an outlying settlement or station. [1/2 definitions] |
| plantation |
formerly, a new settlement or colony. [1/3 definitions] |
| Plymouth |
a U.S. town in southeastern Massachusetts. In 1620, English colonists known as the Pilgrims established a settlement called Plymouth Colony in this location, which later became the town of Plymouth. |
| presettlement |
combined form of settlement. |
| quits |
having no grounds for hostility, dissatisfaction, or a further claim, as the result of a repayment or equitable settlement. |
| reckoning |
a settlement of disagreements, as by violent conflict. [1/4 definitions] |
| resettlement |
combined form of settlement. |
| riverfront |
the section of a settlement, such as a town or city, fronting on a river, esp. one with warehouses, markets, and other commercial enterprises. |
| Roanoke Island |
an island off the coast of North Carolina, where colonists brought by Sir Walter Raleigh established the first English settlement in North America in 1585. |
| surrogate |
a judge, in some states in the United States, who presides over the settlement of wills and estates. [1/4 definitions] |
| Wild West |
the western United States, unregulated by law during its settlement in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. |
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