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border jumpers

border jumpers is the plural of border jumper.

Meaning of border jumper

Noun

border jumper (plural border jumpers)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur) An undocumented immigrant
    • Secretary of Labor Davis advocates registration as an effective way of outwitting the border jumper and the smuggled alien1925, de C. Ward, Robert, “The New Immigration Law”, in James McKeen Cattell, editor, The Scientific Monthly, volume 21, New York: The Science Press, page 51
    1. (US, broadly, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur) Any Hispanic person.
      • She finally ends her rant with “You f***ing border jumper” as she pushes me back into my buggy.2019, MissMafiaa, “Border jumper?!”, in Reddit, retrieved 27 Aug 2025

Questions about border jumpers

What is border jumpers the plural of?
Border jumpers is the plural of border jumper.

Words near border jumpers in the dictionary

  1. border fancy
  2. border gore
  3. border guard
  4. border guards
  5. border jumper
  6. border jumpers
  7. Border Leicester
  8. border morris
  9. border on
  10. border patrol
  11. border post

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