A person who, for the purpose of acquiring a pre-emption right, has gone upon the land in question, and is actu-ally resident there. See Hume v. Gracy, 86 Tex. 671, 27 S. W. 684; Davis v. Young, 2 Dana (Ky.) 299; McIntyre v. Sherwood, 82 CaL 139, 22 Pac. 037
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)