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CLAIM JUMPER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does claim jumper mean?

• CLAIM JUMPER (noun)
The noun CLAIM JUMPER has 1 sense:

1. one who illegally occupies property to which another has a legal claim

Familiarity information: CLAIM JUMPER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CLAIM JUMPER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

One who illegally occupies property to which another has a legal claim

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("claim jumper" is a kind of...):

supplanter; usurper (one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another)

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