Meaning & use
sodbuster
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An informal, historical term for a pioneer farmer who plowed prairie grassland to grow crops, especially in the American West.
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The sodbusters turned the open prairie into wheat fields during the 1800s.
Life was harsh for sodbusters facing drought and swarms of locusts.
A note on using this word
Evokes a specific period of American frontier history; rarely used outside that historical context.
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homesteader
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