| 单词 | actual settler |
| 释义 | > as lemmasactual settler actual settler n. North American (now historical) a person who settles and occupies a plot of land in a new territory, as distinguished from a land-speculator, landlord, etc. ΚΠ 1779 in J. R. Robertson Petitions Early Inhabitants Kentucky (1914) 51 [We] pray that every Actual settler..may be entituled to Draw a free lott. 1838 C. Newell Hist. Revol. Texas 187 To such purchasers as never settled in Texas, it is evident that the scrip could have been of no use; because none but actual settlers could hold land in Texas. 1894 Ann. Iowa July 491 Whether..[the resolution] should apply to those who are actual settlers now, or those who were actual settlers at the time they purchased. 1934 J. B. Hedges Federal Railway Land Subsidy Policy Canada iv. 120 The sale of land to actual settlers, with appropriate inducements..to those who would go into occupation of the land. 2001 Social Hist. 26 110 Different groups of speculators drew their lines on the map with regard to pre-existing claims. When actual settlers moved onto these lands as purchasers, tenants or squatters, they were buffeted by conflicting land titles. < as lemmas |
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