1) Colonist 2) Nester 3) Settler 4) Settler type 5) Squatter 1) Nester 2) Settler 3) Squatter 
• (n.) One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in this manner.
US settler who took up land on the Great Plains following the US government's Homestead Act (1862) duri...
Home'stead·er noun One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in this manner. [ Local, U.S.]
nester noun someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
US settler who took up land on the Great Plains following the US government's Homestead Act (1862) during the era of westward expansion. Homesteaders were offered 65 ha/160 acres for a small registration fee, with full ownership after five years' occupation, enabling even poor Americans to gain land. Survival was hard in the semi-ar...
the owner or holder of a homestead. · a settler under the Homestead Act.