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Homesteader

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Noun

1. homesteader, nester, squatter

someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Homesteader

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noun
1. 
a person owning a homestead
2. US and Canadian
a person who acquires or possesses land under a homestead law
3. 
a person taking part in a homesteading scheme

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Homesteader

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noun
1. 
a person who has a homestead
2. 
a settler who holds a homestead granted by the U.S. government

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Homesteader

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n.
1. A house, especially a farmhouse, with adjoining buildings and land.
2. Law Property qualifying as a person's home under certain laws, such as laws providing tax abatements and exemptions, survivorship rights for spouse and children, and immunity from claims of creditors.
3. Land claimed by a settler or squatter, especially under the Homestead Act.
4. The place where one's home is.
v. home·stead·ed, home·stead·ing, home·steads
v.intr.
To settle and farm land, especially under the Homestead Act.
v.tr.
To claim and settle (land) as a homestead.

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