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Definition of Nester
1. Noun. Someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it.
2. Noun. A bird that has built (or is building) a nest.
Definition of Nester
1. Noun. One who nests. ¹
2. Noun. (''American historical'') A person who intends to settle in an area without permanent residents; a settler, as distinct from an explorer or pioneer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nester
1. one that nests [n -S] - See also: nests
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nester
Literary usage of Nester
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monopoly and Trade Restraint Cases: Including Conspiracy, Injunction, Quo by John Lewson (1908)
"Through several assignments by a member of this association nester and others
became owners of a large claim against the association. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Personal Property by James Schouler (1918)
"... hay, grain, and gathered crops, readily divisible, wherein the exclusive
appropriation or the sale v. nester, 70 Mich. 525, 38 NW 458. See Hardy v. ..."
3. The Story of the Cowboy by Emerson Hough (1897)
"The term "nester" was one applied in half contempt by the cattle men of the ...
The nester might be a cowboy himself, who had met his fate in some pair of ..."
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