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Homesteader   /hˈoʊmstɛdər/   Listen
Homesteader

noun
1.
Someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it.  Synonyms: nester, squatter.






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"Homesteader" Quotes from Famous Books



... outfit, who rode with his men and saw how his herds increased,—saw too how they might increase faster under certain conditions. At the outset he was not perhaps, more unscrupulous than some of his neighbours. True, if a homesteader left his claim for a longer time than the law allowed him, Bill Warfield would choose one of his own men to file a contest on that claim. The man's wages would be paid. Witnesses were never lacking to swear to the improvements he had made, and after the ...
— Sawtooth Ranch • B. M. Bower



Words linked to "Homesteader" :   homestead, squatter, settler, nester, colonist



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