Found 2 items, similar to Preemptioner.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: preemption
preemption
n 1: the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal
over state legislation on the same subject [syn:
pre-emption]
2: the right of a government to seize or appropriate something
(as property) [syn:
pre-emption]
3: the right to purchase something in advance of others [syn:
pre-emption]
4: a prior appropriation of something;
“the preemption of
bandwidth by commercial interests” [syn:
pre-emption]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Preemptioner
Preemptioner
\Pre*["e]mp"tion*er\, n.
One who holds a prior right to purchase certain public land.
--Abbott.
[1913 Webster]