homesteader

• Personne qui s'installe sur des terres publiques ou non cultivées avec l'intention d'en obtenir la propriété légale en les occupant et en les améliorant, souvent dans le cadre d'une politique de colonisation agricole.

A person who settles on government land with the intention of acquiring legal ownership through lawful occupation and improvement.

1. Land SettlerC1formalamerican

   A person who legally occupies and cultivates government-owned land with the goal of eventually owning it.

   Colon agricole sur terres publiques

   • The homesteader built a small cabin on the prairie.
   • Many homesteaders traveled west in the 19th century to claim land.
   • She was a homesteader who lived off the land for decades.

   Synonymescolonistcolonizerfrontiersmanpioneersettler