Term used to describe white settlers who moved into an area and began to farm in North America. White Settlers forced indigenous people from there homes onto reservations. The term is usually used to refer to today's population who still are benefiting from colonialism. aka, The original settlers decedents, and other people who use this land. Can be a derogatory term. Can be a just a name.

Briefly, "the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own." Originally from the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, which has a lot more beautiful neologism definitions like this you might enjoy.