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]