claim-jumper

American  

[klaym-juhm-per] / ˈkleɪmˌdʒʌm pər /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• claim-jumping
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of claim-jumper

First recorded in 1825–35

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Example Sentences

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claim-jumper

A frontier farm woman saves the life of a claim-jumper and persuades him to help her escort three insane women to a safe haven in Iowa.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2020

The gray old claim-jumper had this to redeem him, at least.

From The Sky Line of Spruce by Edison Marshall

He has always adopted the tactics of the claim-jumper.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook

Dick McGill, I am sure it was, told the first claim-jumper we visited that I was at the head of the mob, and he had me arrested.

From Vandemark's Folly by 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.

From A Damaged Reputation by Harold Bindloss

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