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home⋅stead⋅er

  [hohm-sted-er]
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–noun
1. the owner or holder of a homestead.
2. a settler under the Homestead Act.
Origin:
1860–65, Americanism; homestead + -er 1
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home·stead   (hōm'stěd')   
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.
home'stead'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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