Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nester

2 senses of nester

Sense 1
squatter, homesteader, nester -- (someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it)
       => settler, colonist -- (a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country)

Sense 2
nester -- (a bird that has built (or is building) a nest)
       => bird -- (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)