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homesteader
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun homesteader has 1 sense
- homesteader(n = noun.person) nester, squatter - someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it; Array is a kind of colonist, settler
Derived form verb homestead1
CIDE DICTIONARY
homesteader, n.
One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in this manner. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
homesteader
colonial, colonist, colonizer, hirer, immigrant, incumbent, leaseholder, lessee, lodger, nester, occupant, occupier, paying guest, pioneer, planter, precursor, renter, resident, roomer, settler, sooner, squatter, sublessee, subtenant, tenant, tenant at sufferance, tenant for life, underlessee
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