homesteader homesteader /ˈhoʊm stɛ dər/
Definition(s):
- (n) someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
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Usage(s):
- Practically any Western has a homesteader in trouble, and a mysterious rider shows up off the range, solves the problem over two or three days, and then rides off into the sunset.
- There is pathos in his childlike reverence when he hangs a homesteader for shooting a steer.
- At 71, Ahmed Youssef Muradsometime Montana homesteader, World War I doughboy, Kentucky restaurant owner and elder of a mosque in Damascuswas happy.
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History on display: Heritage Center shows public lifestyle tools of the late 19th century
Sarah Owens dons clothing that would have been worn by a lady homesteader, during the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center Living History Day Saturday.on June 9, 2013 Source: The Enid News & Eagle
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