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SOONERS
Noun
Sooners
plural of Sooner
Anagrams
• noosers, seroons, soneros
Source: Wiktionary
SOONER
Soon"er, n.
Definition: 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.
SOON
Soon, adv. Etym: [OE. sone, AS. s; cf. OFries. s, OS. sana, sano, OHG. sar, Goth. suns.]
1. In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise. "Sooner said than done." Old Proverb. "As soon as it might be." Chaucer. She finished, and the subtle fiend his lore Soon learned. Milton.
2. Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early. How is it that ye are come so soon to-day Ex. ii. 18.
3. Promptly; quickly; easily. Small lights are soon blown out, huge fires abide. Shak.
4. Readily; willingly; -- in this sense used with would, or some other word expressing will. I would as soon see a river winding through woods or in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many whimsical figures at Versailles. Addison. As soon as, or So soon as, imediately at or after another event. "As soon as he came nigh unto the camp . . . he saw the calf, and the dancing." Ex. xxxii. 19. See So . . . as, under So.
– Soon at, as soon as; or, as soon as the time referred to arrives. [Obs.] "I shall be sent for soon at night." Shak.
– Sooner or later, at some uncertain time in the future; as, he will discover his mistake sooner or later.
– With the soonest, as soon as any; among the earliest; too soon. [Obs.] Holland.
Soon, a.
Definition: Speedy; quick. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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