homesteader
(ˈhəʊmˌstɛdə(r))
[f. homestead n. + -er1.]
The holder of a homestead; spec. in U.S., one who holds lands acquired under the Homestead Act of Congress.
| 1872 J. H. Tice Over Plains 80 As far as the eye can reach the plain is dotted with new shanties of the homesteaders and pre-emptioners. 1879 Scribner's Mag. Nov. 136/1 The random cabins of the ‘homesteaders’. 1882 Brandon Daily Mail (Manitoba) 23 Dec. 4/3 Some of the neighbors found the old homesteader near his tent dead. 1888 Pall Mall G. 14 Jan. 7/1 He..has four grown sons, all homesteaders, who have four houses, one on each homestead, to comply with Government regulations. 1906 Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 6 Jan. 5/5 Each route north was lined this summer and fall with homesteaders, timber cruisers and miners. 1909 Daily Chron. 30 June 4/4 For these homesteaders of the ultimate [sc. Canadian] wheat⁓lands..the main ordeal will be..loneliness and monotony. 1928 W. Baucke Where White Man Treads (ed. 2) 307 The nation composed of a large salting of freehold homesteaders will be the staunchest and strongest. 1950 J. Jenks From Ground Up xix. 204 Those who have the qualities and the desire to become homesteaders. |