noun
- farmers who break up prairie sod to create farmland, especially homesteaders in the American West
Usage: historical; informal
Examples
- The sodbusters arrived in Nebraska with plows and determination.
- Many sodbusters struggled through their first harsh winter on the plains.
- The railroad companies encouraged sodbusters to settle along their routes.
- These sodbusters transformed the Great Plains into productive farmland.
- Local ranchers often clashed with the sodbusters over land use.
- The sodbusters faced challenges from drought, locusts, and isolation.