pre-emptor†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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one who acquires land by pre-emption (def. 1).

See: pre-emption(def. 1)

Quotations

1860

Pre-emptors run the risk of having to pay twice the amount required by the American government for wild land.

1962

. . . a kindly Norwegian pre-empter . . . assisted them in re-sawing and whittling the boards down to the proper dimensions by hand.