homesteader
hohm ste der
- n someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
- More than a century later, the range has become the home of agribusiness conglomerates and huge farms of thousands of acres; the lone homesteader who tilled his quarter section .
- Charley develops a yen for the homesteader's half-breed wife, portrayed by a comely young actress named Tricia O'Neill, who represents the only vaguely interesting quality in the .
- 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.