DCHP-1 Online
pre-emptor † 
n. one who acquires land by pre-emption (def. 1).
See also: pre-emption (def. 1)
- 1860 Pre-emptors run the risk of having to pay twice the amount required by the American government for wild land.
- 1962 . . . a kindly Norwegian pre-empter . . . assisted them in re-sawing and whittling the boards down to the proper dimensions by hand.
- 1860 Pre-emptors run the risk of having to pay twice the amount required by the American government for wild land.