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Definition of Sooner
1. Adverb. Comparatives of 'soon' or 'early'. "Came earlier than I expected"
2. Noun. A native or resident of Oklahoma.
3. Adverb. More readily or willingly. "I'd sooner die than give up"
Definition of Sooner
1. n. In the western United States, one who settles on government land before it is legally open to settlement in order to gain the prior claim that the law gives to the first settler when the land is opened to settlement; hence, any one who does a thing prematurely or anticipates another in acting in order to gain an unfair advantage.
Definition of Sooner
1. Noun. (informal) A native or resident of the American state of Oklahoma; a sports competitor representing the University of Oklahoma. ¹
2. Noun. (historical) One who crossed into Indian territory before the official opening of settlement, in order to obtain land sooner. ¹
3. Adjective. (comparative of soon) ¹
4. Adverb. (comparative of soon) ¹
5. Adverb. rather. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sooner
1. one who settles on government land before it is officially opened for settlement [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sooner
Literary usage of Sooner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"Salamis, Amasis haveing ordered his Men to pull down their Tents, and prepare
for a March, which was noe sooner done than countermanded. nescio, ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"DEVISE to trustees for 99 years upon the trusts hereinafter expressed; and from
and after the expiration or other sooner determination of the said term in ..."
3. Homerica, Emendations and Elucidations of the Odyssey by Thomas Leyden Agar (1908)
"Death is of course sure to come to the suitors sooner or later. The essential
point here is surely the time of ..."
4. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"He had no sooner brought his men to the engagement, but, finding himself utterly
spent, he was again replaced in his litter; where, laying his finger on his ..."
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