tomahawk settler

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|US|historical}} An [[early]] [[settler]] in the [[American]] [[frontier]] during the mid-to-late 18th century who [[establish]]ed [[informal]] [[claim]]s to [[land]] through a [[practice]] by [[mark]]ing [[tree]]s by [[girdle|girdling]] them or [[blazing]] their [[name]]s or [[initial]]s on the [[bark]].

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