"landrush" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: landrushes [plural]
Etymology: From land + rush. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|land|rush}} land + rush Head templates: {{en-noun}} landrush (plural landrushes)
  1. (historical) An event in which previously restricted land of the United States was opened for homesteading on a first-come-first-served basis. Tags: historical Synonyms: land run
    Sense id: en-landrush-en-noun-b02PxRUD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11
  2. (figuratively) Any scramble for limited resources. Tags: figuratively Translations (scramble for limited resources): ryntäys (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-landrush-en-noun-6w1Ba2K~ Disambiguation of 'scramble for limited resources': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: land rush Derived forms: Oklahoma land rush

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1918, William Denison Lyman, Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, volume 1:",
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