homesteaders

noun

plural of homesteader
as in settlers
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 homesteaders Luke Bracey and Crosby Fitzgerald star as Charles and Caroline Ingalls, homesteaders who move their family from Wisconsin to Kansas in the Western drama series. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 July 2026 The area has a rich and compelling history, filled with legends, wars, and homesteaders long before 1939, when the land became part of the National Park Service. — Scott Bay, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026 Also on Holzherr, humble homesteaders the Knoll family brace for the intrusion of Krem (Matthias Schoenaerts, with more facial piercings than Hellraiser’s Pinhead), leader of a band of interplanetary Brigands. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026 The book traces the fictitious Yeoman family’s evolution over generations from self-sufficient homesteaders to participants in global markets. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 23 June 2026 Ranging from glamping cabins to two-story log cabins, the 31 accommodations have welcome comforts that homesteaders never enjoyed—like Frette duvets. — Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026 When cities buy water rights from rural areas and let the fields go fallow, the land does not automatically return to the shortgrass prairie encountered by 19th-century homesteaders or the Native Americans before them. — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026 For homesteaders taking an incremental, DIY approach, hoop houses and mini greenhouses are great entry points. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026 Releford, or another team member leading the tour, shares stories of the original homesteaders, Black agricultural innovators and the land’s evolution over more than a century. — Martine Thompson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homesteaders
  1. settlers
  2. pioneers
  3. colonists
Noun
  • In an interview with Reuters on Thursday, Khanna said the settlers blocked the road and then called the military.
    — Dorit Long, ABC News, 11 July 2026
  • The incident followed a visit to an elementary school that was destroyed by extremist Israeli settlers, Khanna said.
    — Kaanita Iyer, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Definition of settlers
Noun
  • As pioneers of the visual kei movement, which combined punk and glam aesthetics with heavy metal, X Japan became one of the most popular bands in Japan.
    — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • White settlers and frontier pioneers built vast, fenceless cattle stations, battling harsh environments and disease, embracing a hard-living culture that exists to this day.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Definition of pioneers
Noun
  • Religious symbols are best displayed in non-governmental spaces given that America was formed by colonists who fled England to seek freedom of religion.
    — Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2026
  • European colonists in Australia encountered a suite of venomous snakes just as fearsome as those of the Libyan desert.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Definition of colonists

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“Homesteaders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homesteaders. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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