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How to pronounce homesteader in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms nester, squatter
Type of colonist, settler
Derivation homestead

Examples of homesteader

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So far, so distinct from the hard-scrabble existence of a prairie homesteader.
From the economist.com
The city's oldest structure is the cabin of homesteader John Barker, built in 1883.
From the thenewstribune.com
A lumber tycoon wants the California redwoods, but a religious homesteader changes his mind.
From the post-gazette.com
They swap produce with a homesteader neighbor who butchers her own chickens, rabbits and goats.
From the sfgate.com
A homesteader paid a $10 fee for a quarter section of his choice.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Singer-musician Michael Murphy will perform and speak about his American Indian and homesteader heritage.
From the omaha.com
This is all very easy, small urban homesteader type stuff and yet not one person here mentioned it.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
He staked out his claim, like a homesteader racing across the prairie to beat others to the spot he wanted.
From the latimes.com
As the story goes, the building once belonged to a homesteader who owned most of the land that is now Muldoon.
From the thenewstribune.com
More examples
  • Squatter: someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
  • The Homestead Act is one of several United States federal laws that gave an applicant freehold title to up to 160 acres (1/4 section, 65 hectares) of undeveloped federal land outside the original 13 colonies. ...
  • Homesteader is a residential neighbourhood in the Hermitage area of north east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  • The Homesteader (1919) is a black and white silent film by African American author and filmmaker Oscar Micheaux.
  • Broadly defined, homesteading is a lifestyle of simple, agrarian self-sufficiency.
  • (Homesteading) A document that to protects some of a home's equity from lawsuits.
  • (Homesteading) Programme in which property owners (usually local authorities) offer substandard property for sale at low cost to householders who will work on them in their own time, doing basic repairs and renovation to standards monitored by the original owners.
  • (homesteading) Remaining at one duty station for an extended tour or consecutive tours.
  • Homesteading is a process through which you can return to your current residence hall next year without actually attending the Housing Selection event at the Wilson Ice Arena. ...