homesteader

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
homesteader
    n 1: someone who settles lawfully on government land with the
         intent to acquire title to it [syn: {squatter},
         {homesteader}, {nester}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Homesteader \Home"stead*er\, n.
   One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with
   the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of
   the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a
   homestead in this manner. [Local, U.S.]
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "homesteader":
      colonial, colonist, colonizer, hirer, immigrant, incumbent,
      leaseholder, lessee, lodger, nester, occupant, occupier,
      paying guest, pioneer, planter, precursor, renter, resident,
      roomer, settler, sooner, squatter, sublessee, subtenant, tenant,
      tenant at sufferance, tenant for life, underlessee
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