peopler

English

Etymology

From people +‎ -er.

Noun

peopler (plural peoplers)

1. (archaic) A settler or colonizer.
2. (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.