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land rush

land rush is the alternative spelling of landrush.

Meaning of landrush

Noun

landrush (plural landrushes)

  1. (historical) An event in which previously restricted land of the United States was opened for homesteading on a first-come-first-served basis.
    • Among other regions which witnessed that land rush were the prairies of Asotin. It is safe to say that the majority of the families that located there (and the same is true of the larger part of Eastern Washington) made their locations in 1876, 1877, 1878 or 1879.1918, William Denison Lyman, Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, volume 1
    Synonyms:
    land run
  2. (figuratively) Any scramble for limited resources.
    • In the event that an applicant obtains the domain name in question through the Landrush process described below, the service will be activated[…]2001, United States Congress, ICANN, New GTLDS, and the Protection of Intellectual Property

Forms of land rush

pluralland rushes

Questions about land rush

What is land rush the alternative spelling of?
Land rush is the alternative spelling of landrush.

Words near land rush in the dictionary

  1. land registers
  2. land rights
  3. land rights for gay whales
  4. land run
  5. land runs
  6. land rush
  7. land rushes
  8. land sailing
  9. land sake
  10. land sake alive
  11. land sakes

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