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Definition: Homestead |
HomesteadNoun1. The home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family. 2. Land acquired from the US public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law. 3. Dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land. Verb1. Settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "homestead" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Finance | The dwelling place, owned and occupied by a family, including the land, house and accessory buildings. (references) |
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A homestead is:Homestead is the name of several places in the United States of America:
- A farm with the buildings around it, see homestead (buildings)
- One's legal residence, see homestead (law)
- An area measure of 160 acres, see homestead (area)
- Homestead, Florida
- Homestead, Pennsylvania
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Homestead."
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The Homestead Strike was a labor confrontation lasting 143 days in 1892, one of the most serious in the history of the United States. It occurred in Homestead, Pennsylvania, between the National Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers of the United States and the Carnegie Steel Company.Andrew Carnegie, who attempted to portray a pro-labour image, left the country for a trip to Scotland before the strike occurred leaving the situation in the hands of Henry Clay Frick, who was well known to be staunchly anti-union.
The company attempted to cut the wages of the skilled steel workers, when the workers refused the pay cut, management locked the union out (therefore, the confrontation was actually a "lock-out" by management and not a "strike" by workers).
Frick brought in thousands of strikebreakers to work the steel mills and to safeguard them, brought in Pinkerton agents.
The arrival (on the 6th of July) of a force of hundreds of Pinkerton detectives from New York and Chicago resulted in a fight in which about 10 men were killed, and to restore order two brigades of the state militia were called out. However, the company successfully resumed operations without the union.
The skilled workers were replaced by unskilled, mostly immigrant labourers, and labour activism was infrequent in the Pittsburgh area steel mills for decades.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Homestead Strike."
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Homestead is a city located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 31,909.The city lies at the southern end of Florida's turnpike, and US-1 continues down to the Florida keys. There is a large USAF airbase at Homestead, and a small private airport which has breeding Burrowing Owls.
Geography
Homestead is located at 25°28'16" North, 80°28'5" West (25.471190, -80.468122)1.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 37.2 km² (14.4 mi²). 37.0 km² (14.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.63% water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 31,909 people, 10,095 households, and 7,157 families residing in the city. The population density is 862.8/km² (2,233.9/mi²). There are 11,162 housing units at an average density of 301.8/km² (781.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 61.00% White, 22.55% African American, 0.50% Native American, 0.76% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 9.84% from other races, and 5.27% from two or more races. 51.83% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.There are 10,095 households out of which 42.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.0% are married couples living together, 22.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 29.1% are non-families. 20.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.10 and the average family size is 3.54.
In the city the population is spread out with 33.2% under the age of 18, 12.8% from 18 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 15.0% from 45 to 64, and 7.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 27 years. For every 100 females there are 107.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 108.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $26,775, and the median income for a family is $26,409. Males have a median income of $23,118 versus $20,261 for females. The per capita income for the city is $11,357. 31.8% of the population and 29.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 43.9% are under the age of 18 and 20.0% are 65 or older.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Homestead, Florida."
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Homestead is a village located in Ray County, Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 181.Geography
Homestead is located at 39°21'47" North, 94°11'56" West (39.363149, -94.198955)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²). 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 181 people, 72 households, and 57 families residing in the village. The population density is 367.8/km² (954.5/mi²). There are 76 housing units at an average density of 154.4/km² (400.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 96.13% White, 2.21% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 1.66% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 72 households out of which 30.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.3% are married couples living together, 8.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 20.8% are non-families. 20.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.51 and the average family size is 2.84. In the village the population is spread out with 22.1% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 19.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 44 years. For every 100 females there are 110.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 104.3 males. The median income for a household in the village is $36,250, and the median income for a family is $37,321. Males have a median income of $29,375 versus $19,286 for females. The per capita income for the village is $14,324. 8.9% of the population and 10.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 12.1% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Homestead, Missouri."
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Homestead is a borough located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 3,569.
Geography
Homestead is located at 40°24'18" North, 79°54'28" West (40.405069, -79.907785)1.According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.6 km² (0.6 mi²). 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 11.11% water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 3,569 people, 1,607 households, and 843 families residing in the borough. The population density is 2,417.5/km² (6,281.6/mi²). There are 2,071 housing units at an average density of 1,402.8/km² (3,645.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough is 42.64% White, 51.30% African American, 0.25% Native American, 2.83% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.22% from other races, and 2.72% from two or more races. 0.62% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.There are 1,607 households out of which 24.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 23.3% are married couples living together, 24.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 47.5% are non-families. 42.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 19.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.16 and the average family size is 2.99.
In the borough the population is spread out with 24.2% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 18.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 80.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 75.1 males.
The median income for a household in the borough is $16,603, and the median income for a family is $28,314. Males have a median income of $25,500 versus $21,559 for females. The per capita income for the borough is $12,690. 26.6% of the population and 23.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 31.0% are under the age of 18 and 16.8% are 65 or older.
History
Homestead gained international notareity in July 1892 as the site of a violent clash between locked-out steelworkers and hired Pinkerton guards. When Andrew Carnegie, owner of the local Homestead Steel Works, announced in the spring of 1892 that skilled workers would receive a reduction in wages, the advisory committee of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers refused to sign a new contract. Carnegie's management locked the workforce out, declaring that the union would no longer be recognized at the steel works.To secure the mill from the disgruntled workers, management hired hundreds of men from the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. When barges carrying the Pinkertons arrived at the mill on the morning of July 6, workers and townspeople met them at the riverbanks. Though eyewitness accounts differed on which side fired first, a day-long armed battle ensued which resulted in eleven deaths and dozens of injuries. The governor of Pennsylvania eventually called out the National Guard to restore order to the town and secure the mill. Carnegie successfully destroyed the union in Homestead and, by extension, in most of his other steel mills through the nation. The "Battle of Homestead," as the event came to be known, represented a stunning setback for unionization in the highly-mechanized steel industry.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Homestead, Pennsylvania."
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Homestead is a town located in Florence County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 378.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 140.7 km² (54.3 mi²). 139.5 km² (53.9 mi²) of it is land and 1.2 km² (0.5 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.87% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 378 people, 158 households, and 109 families residing in the town. The population density is 2.7/km² (7.0/mi²). There are 351 housing units at an average density of 2.5/km² (6.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.68% White, 0.00% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.26% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.53% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 158 households out of which 30.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.7% are married couples living together, 3.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 30.4% are non-families. 26.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.39 and the average family size is 2.92. In the town the population is spread out with 22.8% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 30.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 103.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 111.6 males. The median income for a household in the town is $31,944, and the median income for a family is $40,000. Males have a median income of $31,250 versus $22,857 for females. The per capita income for the town is $21,491. 4.2% of the population and 1.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 4.7% are under the age of 18 and 4.4% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Homestead, Wisconsin."
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Broadly, homesteading is a lifestyle of agrarian self-sufficiency.In the United States, the Homestead Act (1862) allowed anyone to claim up to 160 acres of land. After clearing and working the land for five years, the homesteader would receive title to the land from the government. In this sense, homesteading was a means of obtaining land, and was the most important and prevalent means of settlement in the late 19th century.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Homesteading."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
HOMESTEAD | English | HomeShopping by TElevision And Disc | N/A |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | Home, fatherland; country; homestead, homestall; fireside; hearth, hearth stone; chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side; harem, seraglio, zenana; household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile; native soil, native land. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Homestead |
| English words defined with "homestead": Farmery ♦ Homestall, homestead law. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "homestead": entryman ♦ federal association ♦ Homestead protection ♦ mineral land. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "homestead": town. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Now we're back at the homestead (Walk On the Ocean; performing artist: Toad The Wet Sprocket) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Old Homestead (1942) Panoramic View of the McKinley Homestead (1901) Canada Vignettes: Homestead (1980) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Scenic view of the Don Howard homestead, Washington. Credit: Gary Wilson. |  | Stout Homestead in the NarrowsOregon TrailLower Snake River District. Credit: W. Meyer. |
 | Historic structure at homestead site in Twin Lakes Management Area, Lincoln County, Washington. Credit: Ed Haugan. |  | Black and White photo of an old homestead being built with wood. Credit: Unknown. |
 | View of the forests in the Homestead Wilderness Study Area in the Vale District. Credit: Conrad. |  | Canyon in the Homestead Wilderness Study Area. WSA OR 6-2. Credit: Conrad. |
 | A large ravine in the Homestead Wilderness Study Area. Credit: Conrad. |  | North Pine Creek found in the Homestead Wilderness Study Area. OR 6-2. Credit: Conrad. |
 | Homestead in Wiseman. Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library. |  | Homestead National Monument of America. Credit: NPS. |
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| "Lanyon Bench" by Elisabeth Howe Commentary: "A weathered bench at Lanyon Homestead (outside of Canberra, Australia)." | "Retired Bucket" by Lynn Cummings Commentary: "Rusty old bucket, found in field near a midwest homestead." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | But soon my homestead was out of their sight and thought |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Swaziland | Although close to 72% of Swazis live in rural areas, nearly every homestead has a wage earner. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Homestead" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 70.45% of the time. "Homestead" is used about 44 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 70.45% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Noun (proper) | 27.27% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.27% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 44 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "homestead" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Homestead | Last name | 100 | 71,895 |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Homestead Bancorp, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Homestead, FL (city, FIPS 32275) 2. Homestead, IA 3. Homestead, MO (village, FIPS 32806) 4. Homestead, MT 5. Homestead, PA (borough, FIPS 35424) |
Expressions using "homestead": Homestead AFB ♦ Homestead Air Fo ♦ homestead exemption law ♦ homestead law ♦ Homestead Meadows ♦ West Homestead. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Containing "homestead": Tamalpais-Homestead Valley. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
homestead | 1,846 | group homestead | 60 |
homestead suite | 554 | homestead speedway | 54 |
homestead fl | 240 | homestead mortgage | 53 |
homestead hotel | 237 | homestead home | 53 |
homestead act | 222 | homestead waterfront | 52 |
homestead resort | 218 | fidelity homestead | 51 |
homestead village | 199 | exemption homestead texas | 42 |
homestead studio suite | 189 | florida homestead exemption | 41 |
homestead exemption | 153 | homestead michigan | 41 |
homestead florida | 108 | area homestead ski va | 39 |
homestead inn | 108 | garden homestead | 39 |
longaberger homestead | 105 | homestead nj rebate | 36 |
homestead high school | 85 | old homestead | 35 |
homestead pa | 77 | air base force homestead | 34 |
homestead studio | 75 | homestead studio suite hotel | 33 |
homestead house | 73 | city of homestead | 32 |
declaration homestead | 72 | homestead law | 31 |
homestead miami speedway | 72 | homestead furniture | 29 |
the homestead virginia | 71 | homestead va | 29 |
homestead realty | 62 | farm homestead | 28 |
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| Language | Translations for "homestead"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ngastër toke e dhënë nga shteti, fermë-shtëpi. (various references) | |
Arabic | المسكن وما حوله من أرض. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | участък даден на заселник, чифлик (Toft), ферма (bowery, farm, girder, hacienda, location, steading), земя дадена на заселник, дом (abode, dwelling, hearth, home, house, inn, place). (various references) | |
Chinese | 宅基, 家園 (home). (various references) | |
Czech | hospodářství (economy, farm, housekeeping, husbandry), usedlost (holding, location), statek (estate, farm, farmhouse, Grange). (various references) | |
Danish | husmandsbrug (smallholding), mindre landbrugsejendom (croft, mini-holding, small business, smallholding), familieejendom, familiebrug. (various references) | |
Dutch | kleine landeigendom (smallholding), familiegoed. (various references) | |
Farsi | مزرعه رعیتی , شهرموطن . (various references) | |
Finnish | kontu. (various references) | |
French | propriété, petite propriété terrienne, bien de famille. (various references) | |
German | heimstätte (smallholding). (various references) | |
Greek | αγροτική κατοικία. (various references) | |
Hungarian | tanya (bowery, den, farm, farm-stead, grange, haunt, lie, nest, ranch). (various references) | |
Italian | proprietà familiare, piccola proprietà terriera (smallholding), fattoria e annessi, fattoria (estate, farm, farmhouse, farmstead, Grange, property, ranch), casolare (cottage). (various references) | |
Manx | thie balley, balley beg (hamlet, settlement, village). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | omesteadhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | herdade (grange, holding, manor, steading), casa e terrenos anexos. (various references) | |
Romanian | locuinţã (abode, accommodations, apartment, digging, dwelling, home, house, housing, inhabitation, living, Lodge, lodging, lodgment, place, residence, rooms, tenement, whereabouts), fermã (farm, Grange), casã (building, cash desk, cash-office, chest, cottage, dwelling, establishment, family, fireside, habitation, home, house, household, hovel, lodging, lodgment, pay desk, place, roof). (various references) | |
Russian | усадьба (farmstead, grange, messuage, steading, toft). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | farma (bowery, farm, grange, location). (various references) | |
Spanish | granja (estate, farm, Grange, property, ranch), caserío (hamlet), casa (apartment, building, casa, dwelling house, edifice, flat, home, hostel, house, houseful, household, interior, lieu, menage, pad, place). (various references) | |
Swedish | hemman (farm). (various references) | |
Turkish | toprak parçası (clod, patch, piece of land), çiftlik ve içindeki binalar (farmstead). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | садиба (back yard, bowery, worth), ферма (bowery, farm, onstead, stead). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nhà cửa vườn tược ấp. (various references) | |
Welsh | pentref (village). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Avestan | 200-600 | shôithraêca. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "homestead": homesteaded, homesteader, homesteaders, homesteading, homesteads. (additional references) | |
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"Homestead" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hametabad, Hoekstra, Hoestra, homested, homstead, honestee. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "homestead" (pronounced hō"mste'd) |
| 5 | -m s t e' d | farmstead. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-h-m-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: headmost. | |
-2 letters: demotes, headset, methods, oedemas, steamed. | |
-3 letters: adeems, deaths, demast, demote, edemas, emoted, emotes, hasted, heated, hosted, mahoes, mashed, masted, meated, meshed, method, moated, modest, moshed, oedema, seamed, seated, sedate, shamed, teamed, teased, themed, themes. | |
-4 letters: adeem, aedes, ashed, atoms, dames, dates, datos, deash, death, deems, deets, demes, demos, doats, doest, doeth, domes. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-h-m-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: homesteads, methadones. | |
+2 letters: atmosphered, dimethoates, heathendoms, homesteaded, homesteader. | |
+3 letters: ethionamides, headforemost, homesteaders, homesteading, thermostated. | |
+4 letters: dermatophytes, dexamethasone, endotheliomas, hemichordates, metamorphosed, thermostatted. | |
+5 letters: decamethoniums, dexamethasones, hermaphrodites, methodicalness. | |
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