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Definition of homestead

dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land
land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law
the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead

Derivational Morphology: squatter, homesteader, nester

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