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Antonyms for possessor

Grammar : Noun
Spell : puh-zes
Phonetic Transcription : pəˈzɛs


Definition of possessor

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to hold, occupy, reside in" (without regard to ownership), a back formation from possession and in part from Old French possesser "to have and hold, take, be in possession of" (mid-13c.), from Latin possess-, past participle stem of possidere "to have and hold, possess, be master of, own," from posse "to be able," from potis "able, powerful" (see potent) + esse "to be" (see be). Meaning "to hold as property" is recorded from c.1500. Demonic sense is recorded from 1530s (implied in possessed). Related: Possessed; possessing.
  • noun owner
Example sentences :
  • He was of good birth, and he was the possessor of an inherited competence.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • "It is, it is," the possessor of genius replied, with conviction.
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various
  • Does not peace dwell within, and are not the hours of its possessor winged with happiness?
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • Not a millionaire like her brother, but the possessor of a handsome property.
  • Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet
  • The possessor of the "Lumley nose" rubbed that organ in a bewildered fashion.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Bailey's mouth closed in order that it's possessor might swallow.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • But if the possessor have the property in a foreign country, there shall be no bar as to time.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • In society, high advantages are set down to the possessor as disadvantages.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • They submitted their lives and fortunes to the possessor of this appealing idea.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • The possessor of such a secret would have the world at his mercy.
  • Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson

Synonyms for possessor

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