Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bird or other animal that makes a nest.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bird that has built (or is building) a nest
- noun someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
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Examples
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[Footnote A: "Nester" -- Western term meaning squatters, small settlers -- generally illegally such.]
The Rules of the Game Stewart Edward White 1909
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Not so fast: SEC spokesman John Nester told us, "A staffer in our Los Angeles office expressed interest in a screening of the film, but no decisions have been made and nothing has been scheduled."
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Ninja favourite Dan Nester, author of How to Be Inappropriate, writes on his experience of the NYC poetry scene, and how he got the hell out.
On leaving the scene 2009
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Anyway, getting back to Daniel Nester, this is fine and heartfelt.
On leaving the scene 2009
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SEC General Counsel David M. Becker raised the issue when he rejoined the agency in 2009, and the SEC ethics office told him that the fact that he and his brothers had inherited a Madoff account did not prevent Becker from participating in the SEC's work on "certain Madoff-related matters," SEC spokesman John Nester said.
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SEC spokesman John Nester declined to comment to Reuters on the Journal report.
SEC widens CDO probe, negotiating settlements: report Reuters 2011
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John Nester, a spokesman for the SEC, declined to comment.
China Firms Face Research Armies Alison Tudor 2011
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In a statement, Nester said Becker "sought advice from the Ethics office, and was advised that the liquidated account was not a basis for disqualification from participation in certain Madoff-related matters."
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SEC spokesman John Nester declined to comment to Reuters on the Journal report.
SEC widens CDO probe, negotiating settlements: report Reuters 2011
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In a statement, SEC spokesman John Nester said: Mr. Becker informed the SEC Ethics office shortly after his return to the agency in 2009 about the account that was liquidated in 2005.
House Republicans question SEC on general counsel's conflict in Madoff probe 2011
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