possessor
possessor is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One who possesses; one who occupies, holds, owns, or controls; one who has actual participation or enjoyment, generally of that which is desirable; a proprietor. "Possessors of eternal glory." Law. As if he had been possessor of the whole world. Sharp.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- apparent
- beneficiary
- devisee
- estate
- feoffee
- for
- from
- gentry
- grantee
- heir
- heiress
- heritor
- holder
- impropriator
- inheritor
- inheritress
- inheritrix
- lady
- laird
- land
- landed
- landlord
- legal
- legatary
- legatee
- lessee
- life
- lodger
- lord
- man
- manor
- master
- mesne
- mistress
- mortgagee
- mortgagor
- occupant
- occupier
- owner
- paramount
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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