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homestead
noun
[ ˈhəʊmstɛd ]
• a house, especially a farmhouse, and outbuildings.
• an area of land (usually 160 acres) granted to a settler in the West as a home.
Origin:
Old English hāmstede ‘a settlement’ (see home, stead).
