noun. A person who settled homestead land in the western United States before it was officially made available, in order to have first choice of location.

noun. A native or resident of Oklahoma.

noun. In the western States, any one who settles on government territory before it is legally opened to settlers and thus gains the choice of land and location; hence, any one who gains an unfair advantage by getting ahead of others.

noun. 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.

adjective. comparative form of soon: more soon

adverb. comparative form of soon: more soon

adverb. rather.

adverb. more readily or willingly

adverb. comparatives of `soon' or `early'

noun. a native or resident of Oklahoma

"But, if the rumours have a trend, the trend is: 1. Klein will be gone sooner than later emphasis on *sooner*."