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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
Sense 1
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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