Settler
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A person who, for the purpose of acquiring a pre-emption right, has gone upon the land in question, and is actually resident there.
See Hume v. Gracy, 86 Tex. 671, 27 S. W. 584; Davis v. Young, 2 Dana (Ky.) 299; McIntyre v. Sherwood, 82 Cal. 139, 22 Pac. 937.