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homesteader † 
n. a settler, especially one who takes up land under the Homestead Act (def. 2).
See also: Homestead Act (def. 2)
- 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.
- 1882 A few days ago some of the neighbors found the old homesteader near his tent dead.