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Nester

noun

Someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it. Synonyms: homesteader, squatter.

A bird that has built (or is building) a nest.

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"Nester" Quotes from Famous Books

... birds are unchanged—the ouzel-cock sings, Still gold on his crest and still black on his wings; And the lark chants on high, as he mounts to the sky, Still brown in his coat and still dim in his eye; While the swallow or martlet is still a free nester In the eaves and the roofs of ...

— Complete Poetical Works of Bret Harte • Bret Harte

... go a bird-nesting, but first time we do we shall put Bishop Mant's "Months" in our pocket. The good Bishop—who must have been an indefatigable bird-nester in his boyhood—though we answer for him that he never stole but one egg out of four, and left undisturbed the callow young—treats of those beauteous and wondrous structures in a style that might make Professor Rennie jealous, who has written like a Vitruvius on the ...

— Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 • John Wilson

... squeak! squeak! squeak! Hear 'em stretchin' of the wire! The nester brand is on the land; I reckon I'll retire. While progress toots her brassy horn And makes her motor buzz, I thank the Lord I wasn't born No later than ...

— Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp • Various