preemptioner

See also: preëmptioner

English

Etymology

preemption +‎ -er

Noun

preemptioner (plural preemptioners)

  1. One who holds a prior right to purchase certain public land.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for preemptioner in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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