claim-jumper

[ kleym-juhm-per ]

/ ˈkleɪmˌdʒʌm pər /

a person who seizes another's claim of land, especially for mineral rights.

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First recorded in 1825–35

claim-jump·ing, noun

Asked the claim-jumper's friend in feigned surprise, wishing that he had kept quiet.
Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up|Clarence Edward Mulford
But Alice was no claim-jumper—so long as the notice of ownership was plainly posted.
Alice Adams|Booth Tarkington
I just bet I could kill you at forty paces, if you were a claim-jumper and looked at me the way Hank looked at you!
Polly and Eleanor|Lillian Elizabeth Roy
He dared the shotgun the night they run that claim-jumper off.
Vandemark's Folly|Herbert Quick

The claim-jumper dropped what was left of his burden and went hopping on, acquiring stone bruises with every leap.
Rimrock Trail|J. Allan Dunn