nestern.

Brit.

/ˈnɛstə/, U.S.

/ˈnɛstər/

Forms: 1800s– nester, 1900s– nestor.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nest v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < nest v. + -er suffix¹.

1. North American. derogatory. A farmer, homesteader, etc., who settles permanently in a cattle-grazing region. Cf. nest v. 4b. Now historical.

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the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > farmer in grazing lands

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1850 W. T. Moncrieff Orig. Coll. Songs 65 A genuine new England lad, On Marble Hill, a nester.

1880 Fort Griffin (Texas) Echo 3 Jan. [A sheep man is] a tramp, an ingrate, a ‘Nester’, and a liar.

1907 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 xix. 192 Ain't th' Panhandle full of nesters (farmers)?

1927 J. Lomax Cowboy Songs xxiv The big ranches of the West are now being cut up into small farms. The nester has come, and come to stay.

1973 R. D. Symons Where Wagon Led p. xx You plant a garden and someone'll see it an' we'll have nesters.

1986 Punch 18 June 33/1 I have spurts of desire to play the Western film role of the nester, stealing bits and pieces on every side by fencing an extra square yard each midnight.

2. A bird that is building or has built a nest.

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the world > animals > birds > nest or bird defined by > [noun] > bird that builds or lives in

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1867 Amer. Naturalist 1 435 The Dusky Duck (Anas obscura)..is notoriously a ground nester.

1887 Ibis 5 95 It [sc. Cisticola cursitans] is both an early and late nester.

1895 Daily News 20 Apr. 9/1 The preservers of our Heronry..noted a falling off in the number of nesters.

1966 R. Snyder Birds of Guyana 117 Bastard wing black... Parasitic nester.

1990 Birds Mag. Summer 1 (caption) The snipe is a rare nester in lowland Britain and Ireland.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nester
释义	nestern. Brit. /ˈnɛstə/, U.S. /ˈnɛstər/ Forms: 1800s– nester, 1900s– nestor. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nest v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < nest v. + -er suffix¹. 1. North American. derogatory. A farmer, homesteader, etc., who settles permanently in a cattle-grazing region. Cf. nest v. 4b. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > farmer in grazing lands nester1850 sodbuster1922 1850 W. T. Moncrieff Orig. Coll. Songs 65 A genuine new England lad, On Marble Hill, a nester. 1880 Fort Griffin (Texas) Echo 3 Jan. [A sheep man is] a tramp, an ingrate, a ‘Nester’, and a liar. 1907 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 xix. 192 Ain't th' Panhandle full of nesters (farmers)? 1927 J. Lomax Cowboy Songs xxiv The big ranches of the West are now being cut up into small farms. The nester has come, and come to stay. 1973 R. D. Symons Where Wagon Led p. xx You plant a garden and someone'll see it an' we'll have nesters. 1986 Punch 18 June 33/1 I have spurts of desire to play the Western film role of the nester, stealing bits and pieces on every side by fencing an extra square yard each midnight. 2. A bird that is building or has built a nest. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > nest or bird defined by > [noun] > bird that builds or lives in nestler1611 nester1867 1867 Amer. Naturalist 1 435 The Dusky Duck (Anas obscura)..is notoriously a ground nester. 1887 Ibis 5 95 It [sc. Cisticola cursitans] is both an early and late nester. 1895 Daily News 20 Apr. 9/1 The preservers of our Heronry..noted a falling off in the number of nesters. 1966 R. Snyder Birds of Guyana 117 Bastard wing black... Parasitic nester. 1990 Birds Mag. Summer 1 (caption) The snipe is a rare nester in lowland Britain and Ireland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1850
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