Look up: homestead

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   Homestead
   Homestead is a city in Dade County Florida, USA Homestead is a town in Florence County Wisconsin, USA Homestead is a borough in Allegheny County Pennsylvania, USA Homestead is a township in Richland County North Dakota, USA Homestead is a village in Ray County Missouri, USA Homestead is a township in Otter Tail County Minnesota, USA Homestead is a township in Benzie County Michigan, USA Homestead is a township in Chase County Kansas, USA
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   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 given by the government and occupy it as a homestead
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   Homestead
   A small settlement, usually with only one dwelling.
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   Homestead
   Is a parcel of land that is used by the owner as a primary residence.
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   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 to a homestead on the Rivers Volga and Ural.» W. Tooke. 3. (Law) The home and appurtenant land and buildings ...
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   homestead
   noun dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land
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   homestead
   verb settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead
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   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.
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   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 ...
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    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 ...
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    Homestead
    borough (town), Allegheny county, southwestern Pennsylvania, U.S. It lies across the Monongahela River from the southeastern edge of Pittsburgh and ...
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    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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    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 homestead equals 1/4 square mile, or 1/4 section in U...
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