possessioner

English

Etymology

possession +‎ -er

Noun

possessioner (plural possessioners)

  1. (obsolete) A possessor; a holder of property.
    Possessioners of riches. — E. Hall.
    Having been of old freemen and possessioners. — Sir P. Sidney.
  2. (obsolete, derogatory) A member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., as contrasted with mendicant friars.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for possessioner in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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