claim-jumper

[ kleym-juhm-per ]

noun

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

Other Words From

• claim-jumping noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of claim-jumper¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Asked the claim-jumper's friend in feigned surprise, wishing that he had kept quiet.

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So long as this door was successfully held, no claim-jumper could penetrate into the tunnel or reach the shaft at the end.

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The claim-jumper dropped what was left of his burden and went hopping on, acquiring stone bruises with every leap.

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He had still dared to hope that this girl was of no blood kin of the claim-jumper, Jeffery Neilson.

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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!

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