homesteader

English

Etymology

From homestead +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊmstɛdə(ɹ)/

Noun

homesteader (plural homesteaders)

1. A pioneer who goes and settles on a homestead. [from 1872]
   • 1926, Joe Mills, chapter 7, in A Mountain Boyhood‎:

     In my rambles I continually came upon homesteaders striving to drain the valleys and raise grass for their cattle, while simultaneously the beavers were working to maintain high water.

Further reading

• “homesteader”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.