Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preëmptor

/pɹiːˈɛmptˌɔɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-emp-tor
IPA: /pɹiːˈɛmptˌɔɹ/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who preëmpts.

Example Sentences

"If the preëmptor filed his claim one day or one week before he commenced his occupation, his claim, as against the railroad company, is fraudulent."
"In spite of this, whenever there was no convenient machinery for determining who was the rightful preëmptor the land title remained unsettled."
"The municipal preëmptor, like the agricultural preëmptor, is required to take his land in conformity with “the legal subdivisions of the public lands”. I apprehend the import of the requirement is the same in both cases. Neither class of preëmptors is to break the legal subdivisions as surveyed. The preëmptor of either case may take fractional sections if he will, but he is in every case to run his extreme lines with the lines of the surveyed subdivisions."

Etymology

From preëmpt + -or (suffix denoting an agent).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: preëmpt

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɹiːˈɛmptˌɔɹ/
British English: /pɹiːˈɛmptˌɔː/

Inflected Forms

preëmptors (plural) pre-emptor (alternative) preemptor (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

preëmpt preëmptible preëmption preëmptioner preëmptive preëmptively preëmptory

Questions

How do you pronounce preëmptor?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹiːˈɛmptˌɔɹ/.
What does preëmptor mean?: One who preëmpts.
Where does preëmptor come from?: From preëmpt + -or (suffix denoting an agent).

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