homesteader†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a settler, especially one who takes up land under the Homestead Act (def. 2).

See: Homestead Act(def. 2)

Quotations

1882

A few days ago some of the neighbors found the old homesteader near his tent dead.

1925

"Believe an old homesteader like me. By the time you are ready to prove up, in the bush, you've paid for the place in work three times over."

1966

Up there [High Level, Alta] Canadian homesteaders are sod-busting in the space age.