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reserve 
1 n. a tract of land set aside for a specific purpose by the government.
See also: Clergy Reserves Huron Tract
- 1791 (1905) Those already settled there complain much of what they suffer in the loss of Cattle and Hogs by the Indians at present settled in the Reserve.
- 1841 The land in the rear is chiefly ungranted, except that which is reserved for timberlands such as the great Prince William Reserve.
- 1889 About midnight I stopped off at Banff Springs, where there is a Government reserve of ten miles by twenty-six, which is being converted into a national park and health resort.
- 1961 I was range-riding on the Buffalo Reserve at Wainwright on patrol with my favourite saddle horse "Frost.
2 n. a tract of land set aside by the government for the exclusive use of a band of Indians, usually by treaty. See note at reservation.
See also: Indian reserve reservation
- 1832 The Richibucto River is also well and thickly settled, to the head of the tide excepting in a large tract reserved for Indians, which reserve is a great drawback on the prosperity of the place.
- 1862 We purpose, merely, to ask for a Reserve of Land for ourselves--that, all; and that it might not seem a request of my own alone, I have asked my people to come forward and show that the desire for a reserve is general.
- 1908 These reserves are holdings you can select when you please, subject to the approval of the Government, for you might select lands which might interfere with the rights or lands of settlers.
- 1965 Even the word "reserve" is a bit touchy with the department [of Indian Affairs].
- 1791 (1905) Those already settled there complain much of what they suffer in the loss of Cattle and Hogs by the Indians at present settled in the Reserve.