homesteader
7
6.9
- noun
- /ˈhoʊmˌstɛdər/
- Archaic
:
colono
- In the late 1800s, a homesteader could claim up to 160 acres of land for farming.
Examples
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And this made me feel in unison with a time passed with the original homesteaders of America.
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The early 1880s promised much for homesteaders on America's Great Plains.
Academic text (1990) -
Unless they bring in some homesteaders with them.
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I was a chef for 15 years; now I'm a small farm homesteader...
Blog text (18) -
Some of these people are joining the DIY movement, and others are becoming homesteaders.
Academic text (2012) -
Farmers, ranchers, homesteaders, this well driller is an example of modern American industry at its finest.
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Compile a list of farming and cooking tools that homesteaders would need to survive on the prairie.
Academic text (1994) -
In Montana's already marginal environment, the snow-eating chinook presented yet another challenge to the well-intentioned but ill-advised pioneer homesteader.
Academic text (1999) -
The homesteader worked hard to cultivate the land and establish a farm.
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Many homesteaders faced challenges like harsh weather and limited resources.
Synonyms
108
4.1
A person who moves to a new area to live and set up a home
36
4.4
A person who is among the first to move to and prepare new land
1
7.1
A person who moves onto government land to own it after meeting rules
A person who lives on public land to try to gain ownership
A person who claims public land first and then buys it under old laws
How Independent
42
2.5
- Archaic
7
6.9
108
4.1
248
3.0
5
1.6
908
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Homesteader starts with homestead, which is home 'home' plus stead 'place', and the ending -er 'person' shows who does it. So a homesteader is a person who settles on and works a 'home place' to make it their own, often under government programs that let people claim land.