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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sooner  \Soon"er\,  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sooner 
  adv  1:  comparatives  of  `soon'  or  `early';  "Come  a  little  sooner,  if 
  you  can";  "came  earlier  than  I  expected"  [syn:  {earlier}] 
  2:  more  readily  or  willingly;  "clean  it  well  preferably  with 
  warm  water";  "I'd  rather  be  in  Philadelphia";  "I'd  sooner 
  die  than  give  up"  [syn:  {preferably},  {rather}] 




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