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homesteader|ˈhəʊmˌstɛdə(r)|
[f. homestead n. + -er1.]
The holder of a homestead; spec. in U.S., one who holds lands acquired under the Homestead Act of Congress.
1872J. H. Tice Over Plains 80 As far as the eye can reach the plain is dotted with new shanties of the homesteaders and pre-emptioners. 1879Scribner's Mag. Nov. 136/1 The random cabins of the ‘homesteaders’. 1882Brandon Daily Mail (Manitoba) 23 Dec. 4/3 Some of the neighbors found the old homesteader near his tent dead. 1888Pall Mall G. 14 Jan. 7/1 He..has four grown sons, all homesteaders, who have four houses, one on each homestead, to comply with Government regulations. 1906Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 6 Jan. 5/5 Each route north was lined this summer and fall with homesteaders, timber cruisers and miners. 1909Daily Chron. 30 June 4/4 For these homesteaders of the ultimate [sc. Canadian] wheat⁓lands..the main ordeal will be..loneliness and monotony. 1928W. Baucke Where White Man Treads (ed. 2) 307 The nation composed of a large salting of freehold homesteaders will be the staunchest and strongest. 1950J. Jenks From Ground Up xix. 204 Those who have the qualities and the desire to become homesteaders. |