One who regularly takes up land.
1817. A subsequent locator … must look for the beginning called for in this entry twelve miles below the mouth of Licking.—Marshall, C. J., in ‘Wheaton’s Reports,’ ii. 211. (N.E.D.)
1839. In the early settlement of Tennessee, the rifle and his faithful dog were the indispensable companions of the land locator.—Mr. Foster of Tenn., House of Repr., Jan. 23: Cong. Globe, p. 265, Appendix.
