homestead (n.)

  1. the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family

  2. land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law

  3. dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land

    homestead (v.)

  1. settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead

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