homesteader

English

Etymology

From homestead +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

homesteader (plural homesteaders)

  1. A pioneer who goes and settles on a homestead. [from 1872]
    • 1926, Joe Mills, chapter 7, in A Mountain Boyhood‎[1]:
      In my rambles I continually came upon homesteaders striving to drain the valleys and raise grass for their cattle, while simultaneously the beavers were working to maintain high water.

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