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nest·er

(nĕs′tər)

1. One, such as a bird, that nests.

2. Western US A squatter, homesteader, or farmer who settles in cattle-grazing territory.

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Noun	1.	nester - someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it homesteader, squatter colonist, settler - a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
	2.	nester - a bird that has built (or is building) a nest bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

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As they passed in triumph through the village they were cheered by the men, women, and children, collected as usual on the tops of the lodges, and were exhorted by the Nesters of the village to be generous in their dealings with the white men.

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