[
US
/ˈnɛstɝ/
]
NOUN
- a bird that has built (or is building) a nest
- someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
How To Use nester In A Sentence
- Anticholinesterase drugs stimulate nerve-impulse transmission, and corticosteroids may help.
- Of course the 'nester' or 'punkin roller,' as we contemptuously called the small farmer, began sifting in here and there in spite of our guns, but he was only a mosquito bite in comparison with the trouble which our cow-punchers stirred up. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West
- This is a particularly sweeping comment in the scenester world, where trends live fast and die young. Globe and Mail
- If the traditional image of the empty-nester is dowdy, sad and purposeless, she could not be further from it. Times, Sunday Times
- a "nester," or "truck farmer," who was likely to fence in the river somewhere and homestead some land. The Eagle's Heart
- There was only one man Kit at all trusted, a "nester" (small ranchman) named Racketty Smith. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier
- All nerve agents act by inhibiting the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, which breaks down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.
- Part restaurant, part nightclub, this wood-paneled new hot spot tries to please both foodies and scenesters.
- Indian days over; "nester" days with frame houses and vegetable patches not yet here. The Killer
- This neurotoxic action kills bugs by reducing the level of a certain enzyme (acetylcholinesterase) that clears an important neurotransmitter chemical (acetylcholine) out of the junction between nerve cells. Dr. Walter Crinnion: Could Organic Produce Be the New Ritalin?