How many syllables in colonist?

There are 3 syllables in the word colonist.

How to pronounce colonist:

colonist (noun):: a settler in or inhabitant of a colony; a member or inhabitant of a colony (see colony sense 1); a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country.; a person who migrates to and settles in a foreign area as part of a colony

colonial

colonizer

frontiersman

frontiersman or frontierswoman

homesteader

immigrant

migrant

migrator

pilgrim

pilgrim father

pioneer

settler

sourdough

squatter

citizen

emigrant

immigrant

local

national

nationalist

native

nonimmigrant

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