NESTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nester mean? 

• NESTER (noun)
  The noun NESTER has 2 senses:

1. someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it

2. a bird that has built (or is building) a nest

  Familiarity information: NESTER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NESTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

homesteader; nester; squatter

Hypernyms ("nester" is a kind of...):

colonist; settler (a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A bird that has built (or is building) a nest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("nester" is a kind of...):

bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Derivation:

nest (gather nests)

nest (fit together or fit inside)

nest (inhabit a nest, usually after building)