homesteader

English

Etymology

From homestead +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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[1]:
      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.
    • 2025 March 30, Scottie Andrew, “Queer and trans homesteaders are conquering the social media frontier”, in CNN‎[2]:
      A drag queen may not comfortably fit the stereotypical homesteader mold. In the 19th century, homesteaders were Western pioneers who built new lives from necessity; on TikTok, the most popular homesteaders are often parents with young families or those with a lifelong connection to the practice, which often include so-called “tradwives,” or women who play a stereotypically gendered role in their family.

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