nester

nest +‎ -er

nester (plural nesters)

1. One who nests.
2. One who forms a strong attachment to their home.
   • 1982 April 3, Nancy Walker, “Moving”, in Gay Community News, page 6:

     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.

   • 2002 February 1, Mary Beth Sammons, Gifts With Heart, Conari Press, →ISBN, page 147:

     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.

3. (US, historical) A person who intends to settle in an area without permanent residents; a settler, as distinct from an explorer or pioneer.
   • 1964, John Hendrix, If I Can Do It Horseback: A Cow-Country Sketchbook, page 22:

     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.

• empty nester

• Enters, Ernest, Senter, enters, entres, ernest, renest, rentes, resent, sterne, strene, tenser, treens