The word 'colonist ' has narrowed in its meaning over the centuries. 'Colonist' as used in the context of Volga Germans meant 'settler'. Plymouth colony was a settlement of the Pilgrims, who were colonists or settlers. Cassell's German-English dictionary gives Besiedler, Ansiedler, as the equivalent of colonist. The German equivalent for 'colony' can either be Kolonie or Siedlung. 'Kolonie' is given as a zoological term, as in a colony of ants, or bees, or beavers.....