peopler

English

Etymology

people +‎ -er

Noun

peopler (plural peoplers)

(archaic) A settler or colonizer.
(archaic) an inhabitant.
- 1872, John Stuart Blackie, Lays of the Highlands and Islands, The Ascent of Cruachan:
  Dwellers in the sounding city,
  Peoplers of the peaceful glen,
  Come with me, the day is pleasant,
  I would scale the tway-coned Ben.

References

“peopler”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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