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nest·er (n

1. One, such as a bird, that nests.

2. Western U.S. A squatter, homesteader, or farmer who settles in cattle-grazing territory.

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Noun	1.	nester - someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it homesteader, squatter colonist, settler - a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
	2.	nester - a bird that has built (or is building) a nest bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

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