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homestead

ho·mes·tead

US/ˈhoʊmˌstɛd/ uncommon obsolete us
noun (3) verb (1)

noun

1.
2.

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

3.

verb

1.

Origin

From Middle English hamstede, hemstede (attested in placenames), from Old English hāmstede (“homestead”), from Proto-West Germanic *haimastadi (“homestead”). By surface analysis, home + stead. Cognate with Old Frisian hāmstede, hēmstede (“homestead”), Dutch heemstede (“homestead”), German Heimstatt, Heimstätte (“homestead”), Swedish hemstad (“homestead”), Old Icelandic heimstǫð (“homestead”). Doublet of Hampstead and Hempstead.

Phrases

  • Homestead Valley

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