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preëmptor

UK/pɹiːˈɛmptˌɔː/US/pɹiːˈɛmptˌɔɹ/

preëmptor noun: one who preëmpts.

Noun

preëmptor (plural preëmptors)

  1. One who preëmpts.
    • If the preëmptor filed his claim one day or one week before he commenced his occupation, his claim, as against the railroad company, is fraudulent.1873, D. C. Cloud, Monopolies and the People, page 179
    • In spite of this, whenever there was no convenient machinery for determining who was the rightful preëmptor the land title remained unsettled.1931, Theodore Christian Blegen et al., Minnesota History, page 85

Forms of preëmptor

pluralpreëmptors
alternative formpre-emptor
alternative formpreemptor

Origin of preëmptor

From preëmpt + -or (suffix denoting an agent).

Questions about preëmptor

What does preëmptor mean?
Preëmptor means one who preëmpts.
What part of speech is preëmptor?
Preëmptor is a noun.
How do you pronounce preëmptor?
Preëmptor is pronounced /pɹiːˈɛmptˌɔː/ (UK).
What is the plural of preëmptor?
The plural of preëmptor is preëmptors.

Words near preëmptor in the dictionary

  1. preëmptioner
  2. preëmptioners
  3. preëmptions
  4. preëmptive
  5. preëmptively
  6. preëmptor
  7. preëmptors
  8. preëmptory
  9. preëmpts
  10. preëstablish
  11. preëstablished

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