Quote Originally Posted by BlackMage
Well, when my family moved here they were called "colonists."
Out of curiosity, they were part of the people who arrived between 1600 and 1800 because as you know after this date they were no longer colonists? You already know that people from Spain were also colonists so Spanish language can't remind you of immigrants.
I don't see much difference between immigrant and colonist when both of these kinds of people settle on the land that already belongs to some other people.