nester

See also: Nester and neşter

English

Etymology

nest +‎ -er

Noun

nester (plural nesters)

1. One who nests.
2. (US, historical) A person who intends to settle in an area without permanent residents; a settler, as distinct from an explorer or pioneer.
   • 1964, John Hendrix, If I Can Do It Horseback: A Cow-Country Sketchbook, page 22:

     As cow camps were succeeded by the nesters, and towns came to grow at their sites, the springs continued to serve mankind both in an industrial way and as a playground for the ever-increasing population.

Related terms

• empty nester

Anagrams

• Enters, Ernest, Senter, enters, entres, ernest, renest, rentes, resent, sterne, strene, tenser, treens