as in pioneer
a person who settles in a new region
in the 1800s homesteaders in search of cheap land and a new life headed to the West in droves
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Recent Examples of homesteader
Three American families reimagine their lives as 1880s homesteaders, foregoing the comforts of present day for a more analog life on the frontier.
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Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 5 July 2025
Get a taste of life as a homesteader in Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost tip of South America.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025
Lindsey Chastain is a homesteader and writer at Waddle and Cluck.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 10 June 2025
To live as 1880s homesteaders, each family will have to navigate life without electricity or running water throughout the eight episodes.
—Matt Minton, Variety, 15 May 2025
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Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 5 July 2025
Get a taste of life as a homesteader in Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost tip of South America.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025
Lindsey Chastain is a homesteader and writer at Waddle and Cluck.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 10 June 2025
To live as 1880s homesteaders, each family will have to navigate life without electricity or running water throughout the eight episodes.
—Matt Minton, Variety, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for homesteader
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homesteader
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German production house Bavaria Fiction has become a green pioneer by securing validation for its headquarters under the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme, the world’s most demanding environmental management system, and ISO 14001 Certification.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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Restaurant Ark: Holding a prestigious Michelin Green Star, Ark is a pioneer in vegan fine dining.—
Michele Robson,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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In all of 2024, OCHA recorded about 1,420 settler attacks and five Palestinian deaths.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
12 Aug. 2025
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Kansas City’s first settlers began to arrive in the early 1800s.—
Dominick Williams
August 10,
Kansas City Star,
10 Aug. 2025
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In the eighteenth century, Spanish colonists discovered a cool and lush landscape managed by the native Tongva people in the village that became modern downtown.—
Sam Bloch
August 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Aug. 2025
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In 1595, English colonist and captain Sir Walter Raleigh landed in Trinidad.—
Ian Rose,
JSTOR Daily,
23 July 2025
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“Homesteader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homesteader. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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