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claim-jumper

[kleym-juhm-per]

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noun

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

Origin of claim-jumper

First recorded in 1825–35

Related formsclaim-jump·ing, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for claim-jumper

Historical Examples of claim-jumper

But Alice was no claim-jumper—so long as the notice of ownership was plainly posted.
Alice Adams
Booth Tarkington
What's the truth about that McMahon claim-jumper who was acquitted this morning?
Wild Youth, Volume Complete
Gilbert Parker
The man must have been a claim-jumper, and meant to steal those papers.
A Damaged Reputation
Harold Bindloss
He dared the shotgun the night they run that claim-jumper off.
Vandemark's Folly
Herbert Quick
You make about the poorest kind of claim-jumper I ever ran up against, and I've handled quite a few in my time.
A Damaged Reputation
Harold Bindloss