preemptioner

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noun

One who holds a prior right to purchase certain public land.

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Meanings

nounpreemptioner (plural preemptioners)

plural preemptioners

  1. One who holds a prior right to purchase certain public land.

    A title under a preemption claim ,writing to pay to the preemptioner a sum of Held, better than one claimed through a New money as a part of the price for which the Madrid certificate

    1867, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Digest of the Reports of the United States Courts and Acts of Congress

Origin

From preemption + -er.

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preemptioner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preemptioner

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“preemptioner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preemptioner. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preemptioner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preemptioner.

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