homesteader

home·stead  (hmstd)

n.

1. A house, especially a farmhouse, with adjoining buildings and land.

2. Law Property designated by a householder as the householder's home and protected by law from forced sale to meet debts.

3. Land claimed by a settler or squatter, especially under the Homestead Act.

4. The place where one's home is.

v. home·stead·ed, home·stead·ing, home·steads

v.intr.

To settle and farm land, especially under the Homestead Act.

v.tr.

To claim and settle (land) as a homestead.

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homesteader n.

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homesteader [ˈhəʊmˌstɛdə]

n

1. (Law) a person owning a homestead

2. (Law) US and Canadian a person who acquires or possesses land under a homestead law

3. (Social Welfare) a person taking part in a homesteading scheme

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

homesteader - someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it nester, squatter colonist, settler - a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country