nester

Noun

nester (plural nesters)

1. One who nests.
2. One who forms a strong attachment to their home.
   • I suppose, even for a nester, which I most assuredly am, there comes a time for moving on, and the time has finally come for my sother and me to leave Boston's Back Bay for other, not necessarily greener pastures.1982 April 3, Nancy Walker, “Moving”, in Gay Community News, page 6
   • I AM A NESTER. I love our house and the things that fill it. My problem is, I am always on the go, rarely getting the opportunity to be there.2002 February 1, Mary Beth Sammons, Gifts With Heart, Conari Press, →ISBN, page 147
3. (US, historical) A person who intends to settle in an area without permanent residents; a settler, as distinct from an explorer or pioneer.
   • As cow camps were succeeded by the nesters, and towns came to grow at their sites, the springs continued to serve mankind both in an industrial way and as a playground for the ever-increasing population.1964, John Hendrix, If I Can Do It Horseback: A Cow-Country Sketchbook, page 22
   • Well, a wowser is the critter
     That the nester's little daughter is afraid will come and git her
     In case she fails to wash her neck and mind her pa and ma[.]1968, Squire Omar Barker, Rawhide Rhymes: Singing Poems of the Old West, page 10