homesteader
noun [ C ] US uk/ˈhəʊmˌsted.ər/ us/ˈhoʊmˌsted.ɚ/
(尤指旧时政府资助的)经营农庄者
someone who goes to live and grow crops on land given by the government, especially in the past
In the 1800s, thousands of homesteaders settled on the prairies of the western US. 19世纪,数以千计的农场主来到美国西部的大草原上定居。