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  1. Homestead
    [buildings] A homestead is either a single building, or collection of buildings grouped together on a large agricultural holding, such as a ranch, station or a large agricultural operation of some other designation. ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_(buildings)

  2. Homestead
    [small African settlement] In the southern African context, a homestead (Xhosa umzi, Zulu umuzi, Swati umuti) is a cluster of several houses (singular indlu; plural Xhosa and Zulu izindlu, Swati tindlu) characteristic of the Nguni-speaking peoples of Africa. Each homestead is normally occupi...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_(small_African_settlement)

  3. homestead
    [n] - the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family 2. [n] - land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law 3. [n] - dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land 4. [v] - settle land giv...
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=homestead

  4. Homestead
    A small settlement, usually with only one dwelling.
    Found op http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/k2p.nsf/k2pGlossaryList?readform&let

  5. Homestead
    Is a parcel of land that is used by the owner as a primary residence.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20965

  6. Homestead
    Home'stead noun [ Anglo-Saxon hāmstede .] 1. The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it. Dryden. 2. The home or seat of a family; place of origin. « We can trace them back...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/56

  7. homestead
    noun dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=homestead

  8. homestead
    verb settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=homestead



  1. Homestead
    • (n.) The home or seat of a family; place of origin. • (n.) The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it. • (n.) The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/homestead/

  2. homestead
    (from the article `Sudan, The`) ...of autonomous chiefdoms. The structure of authority within each chiefdom was pyramidal, with chiefs (previously kings) at the apex of the ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/65

  3. Homestead
    city, Miami-Dade county, southern Florida, U.S., in the fertile Redland district, about 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Miami. The region was inhabited ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/65

  4. Homestead
    borough (town), Allegheny county, southwestern Pennsylvania, U.S. It lies across the Monongahela River from the southeastern edge of Pittsburgh and ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/65

  5. homestead
    1. the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
    2. dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land

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  6. homestead
    a historic unit of area in the United States, equal to 160 acres (64.75 hectares). Under the Homestead Act passed by Congress in 1862, settlers in the western states were allowed to take title to a homestead of 160 acres of land by registering a claim, settling on the land, and cultivating it. A hom...
    Found op http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictH.html

  7. Homestead
    (n) Homestead is the residential unit used by a family, which has been declared as the main dwelling place of that family by the head of the house hold in writing to the County Recorder or Recorder of Deeds. A homestead is exempted from bankruptcy proceedings and judgment creditors
    Found op http://www.legal-explanations.com/definitions/homestead.htm

  8. Homestead
    [meteorite] Homestead is a L5 meteorite fallen in 1875 in Iowa, United States. ==History== On the evening of 12 February 1875 above Iowa a brilliant fireball was observed. About 100 meteorite fragments fell over a {convert|18|sqmi|km2|adj=on} snowy countryside area from Amana to Boltonville ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_(meteorite)

  9. homestead
    1) 1862 act of congress 2) Dwelling 3) Farmhouse and land 4) Land 5) Pioneer's desire
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/homestead/1

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