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homestead

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Noun

  1. A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these.
  2. A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these: A parcel of land in the interior of North America, usually 160 acres, that was distributed to settlers from Europe or eastern North America under the Dominion Lands Act of 1870 in Canada or the Homestead Act of 1862 in the United States.
  3. The place that is one's home.
  4. A cluster of several houses occupied by an extended family.
  5. The home or seat of a family; place of origin.

Verb

  1. To acquire or settle on land as a homestead.
  2. To appropriate an unowned, scarce means, and thereby gain ownership of it.

Proper noun

  1. A number of places in the United States: Former name of Indian Wells, Kern County, California.
  2. A number of places in the United States: A city in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
  3. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Iowa County, Iowa.
  4. A number of places in the United States: A township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
  5. A number of places in the United States: A township in Benzie County, Michigan.
  6. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Sugar Island Township, Chippewa County, Michigan.
  7. A number of places in the United States: A village in Ray County, Missouri.
  8. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Catron County, New Mexico.
  9. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Blaine County, Oklahoma.
  10. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon.
  11. A number of places in the United States: A neighbourhood in south-west Portland, Oregon.
  12. A number of places in the United States: A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
  13. A number of places in the United States: A town in Florence County, Wisconsin.
  14. A rural town and locality in Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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