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preëmptioners

preëmptioners is the plural of preëmptioner.

Meaning of preëmptioner

Noun

preëmptioner (plural preëmptioners)

  1. One who possesses the right of preëmption over certain land; compare: preëmptor.
    • …the modern preëmptioner looks with jealousy at the stranger, and imagines that the corners of sections, quarter sections, and forty acre tracts, exite his curiosity, or awaken the avarice of the speculating land hunter…1877, William Wallace Beach, The Indian Miscellany: containing papers on the history, antiquities, arts, languages, religions…, page 118

Questions about preëmptioners

What is preëmptioners the plural of?
Preëmptioners is the plural of preëmptioner.

Words near preëmptioners in the dictionary

  1. preëmpted
  2. preëmptible
  3. preëmpting
  4. preëmption
  5. preëmptioner
  6. preëmptioners
  7. preëmptions
  8. preëmptive
  9. preëmptively
  10. preëmptor
  11. preëmptors

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