pre-empt
verb
(tr) to acquire in advance of or to the exclusion of others; appropriate
pre-emptor
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a word derived from
pre-empt.
Example Sentences
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If a pre-emptor leads a side suit at Trick 1, it is a singleton; if he leads his own suit, assume he has a singleton in your trump suit.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2014
The pre-emptor of land must pay $1 an acre for it, live upon it for two years, and improve it to the extent of $2.50 per acre.
From Canada West by Canada. Dept. of the interior
It was needful to become a constructive pre-emptor, and to exhort a number of impenitent squatters to early penitence and reformation.
From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by William Chauncey Bartlett
Most of the available land within a reasonable distance of the railroad is taken up, and the days of the pre-emptor, except in remoter parts, are past.
From Canada West by Canada. Dept. of the interior
When he comes home, he's a harmless settlement loafer, or an industrious pre-emptor.
From By Right of Purchase by Harold Bindloss
