free-select
verb
(tr) history to select (areas of crown land) and acquire the freehold by a series of annual payments
free-selector
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a word derived from
free-select.
Example Sentences
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And when a young man did come, who might make matters so pleasant for them, Harry quarreled with him because he was a free-selector.
From Harry Heathcote of Gangoil by Anthony Trollope
Let me explain to you that a free-selector may be, and very often is, a rich man.
From Harry Heathcote of Gangoil by Anthony Trollope
Nevertheless the man was a free-selector, and had taken a bit of the Gangoil run after a fashion which to Heathcote was objectionable politically, morally, and socially.
From Harry Heathcote of Gangoil by Anthony Trollope
The sun has a right to be there, and is no interloper, like a free-selector.
From Harry Heathcote of Gangoil by Anthony Trollope
