Sekirov Dictionary

homestead

/ˈhoʊmˌstɛd/

noun 5
verb 2
forms 3

noun5

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A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these.
- A Yard she had with Pales enclos’d about, / Some high, some low, and a dry Ditch without. / Within this Homestead, liv’d without a Peer, / For crowing loud, the noble Chanticleer: — 1700
(US, Canada) A parcel of land in the interior of North America, usually 160 acres, that was distributed to settlers from Europe or eastern North America under the Dominion Lands Act of 1870 in Canada or the Homestead Act of 1862 in the United States.
(South-Africa) A cluster of several houses occupied by an extended family.
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The place that is one's home.
- Grief from yeer to yeer / Rents my poor Heart, and makes his Home-stead there: — 1649
(no longer used) The home or seat of a family; place of origin.

verb2

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To acquire or settle on land as a homestead.
- He's an old man, Bandy...he homesteaded here. He lives with his grandson...he said he would like to talk to you. — 2007
To appropriate an unowned, scarce means, and thereby gain ownership of it.

forms

homesteaded · homesteading · homesteads

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