kinkaider

kinkaider: \\kinˈkādə(r)\ noun (-s)
Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Moses P. Kinkaid died 1922 American congressman + English -er

: a settler on free land in Nebraska under terms of the Kinkaid Act in 1904 which allowed each bona fide settler 640 acres upon payment of a filing fee of 14 dollars

the place Kinkaiders make their home and prairie chickens freely roam — Carl Sandburg

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/kin kay"deuhr/, n. U.S. Hist.

a person who received free land under the provisions of the Kinkaid Act.

[KINKAID (ACT) + -ER¹]

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