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
The government ordered 1,500 homesteaders to leave their farms and towns, and Native American tribes were barred from visiting sacred fishing, hunting, and ceremonial grounds.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Apr. 2020
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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
The government ordered 1,500 homesteaders to leave their farms and towns, and Native American tribes were barred from visiting sacred fishing, hunting, and ceremonial grounds.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Apr. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homesteader
Noun
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William Arruda is a keynote speaker, author, and personal branding pioneer.—
William Arruda,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Tech pioneers like Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos suggest space may be the next place to look.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The promise is not to sanction a handful of settlers, symbolically recognize a Palestinian state, or even to merely restrict arms sales, but to vote for an end to any US support whatsoever if there is no change.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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This broad public support for pumas could spur state wildlife agencies to explore the idea of restoring pumas in states along the East Coast where the animals were driven out decades ago by settlers, ranchers, farmers and government officials.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Their pacifism later brings them in direct conflict with the colonists gearing up to fight the British.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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The over-the-top propaganda that leads the game off suggests the Earth Directorate is here to protect colonists from out-of-control corporations and tyrannical governments.—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Homesteader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homesteader. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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