0 someone who goes to live and grow crops on land given by the government, especially in the past:
Such a hut was the universal dwelling in the early colonies for all classes: squatters, convicts, free employees, selectors and homesteaders.
Appalachian farmers and homesteaders typically ear notched their 150-200 hogs to harvest chestnuts and acorns from the 'open range' woods26.
That is a precise example of the way in which a house was taken from council tenants and given to homesteaders over the heads of the prospective council tenants.
Her husband was a prominent homesteader, lawyer, businessman and politician, and as his wife she gained considerable influence.
Habitat destruction from homesteaders breaking the land combined with hunting practices brought the huge population to near extinction.
This would make it difficult for homesteaders as they would find themselves a long trip from necessities such as midwives, healers, and churches.
Other homesteaders arrived the next year and started digging an irrigation canal.
Rail access brought homesteaders to the area in the 1870s.
