claim-jumper

[ kleym-juhm-per ]

/ ˈkleɪmˌdʒʌm pər /

noun

a person who seizes another's claim of land, especially for mineral rights.

Origin of claim-jumper

First recorded in 1825–35

OTHER WORDS FROM claim-jumper

claim-jumping, noun

Words nearby claim-jumper

claim, claimant, claim check, claimer, claiming race, claim-jumper, claimsman, Clair, clairaudience, Clairaut, Clairaut equation

Example sentences from the Web for claim-jumper

Asked the claim-jumper's friend in feigned surprise, wishing that he had kept quiet.
Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up|Clarence Edward Mulford
But Alice was no claim-jumper—so long as the notice of ownership was plainly posted.
Alice Adams|Booth Tarkington
I just bet I could kill you at forty paces, if you were a claim-jumper and looked at me the way Hank looked at you!
Polly and Eleanor|Lillian Elizabeth Roy
He dared the shotgun the night they run that claim-jumper off.
Vandemark's Folly|Herbert Quick

The claim-jumper dropped what was left of his burden and went hopping on, acquiring stone bruises with every leap.
Rimrock Trail|J. Allan Dunn

单词	claim-jumper
释义	claim-jumper [ kleym-juhm-per ] / ˈkleɪmˌdʒʌm pər / noun a person who seizes another's claim of land, especially for mineral rights. Origin of claim-jumper First recorded in 1825–35 OTHER WORDS FROM claim-jumper claim-jumping, noun Words nearby claim-jumper claim, claimant, claim check, claimer, claiming race, claim-jumper, claimsman, Clair, clairaudience, Clairaut, Clairaut equation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for claim-jumper Asked the claim-jumper's friend in feigned surprise, wishing that he had kept quiet. Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up\|Clarence Edward Mulford But Alice was no claim-jumper—so long as the notice of ownership was plainly posted. Alice Adams\|Booth Tarkington I just bet I could kill you at forty paces, if you were a claim-jumper and looked at me the way Hank looked at you! Polly and Eleanor\|Lillian Elizabeth Roy He dared the shotgun the night they run that claim-jumper off. Vandemark's Folly\|Herbert Quick The claim-jumper dropped what was left of his burden and went hopping on, acquiring stone bruises with every leap. Rimrock Trail\|J. Allan Dunn
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