possessor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

possess +‎ -or

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɒˈzɛsɔː/
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Noun

possessor (plural possessors)

  1. Agent noun of possess; one who possesses.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From possessus +‎ -tor

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /posˈses.sor/, [pɔsˈsɛs.sɔr]

Noun

possessor m (genitive possessōris, feminine possestrīx); third declension

  1. possessor, owner, occupier

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative possessor possessōrēs
Genitive possessōris possessōrum
Dative possessōrī possessōribus
Accusative possessōrem possessōrēs
Ablative possessōre possessōribus
Vocative possessor possessōrēs

Descendants

References
  • possessor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • possessor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • possessor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Noun

possessor m (plural possessores, feminine possessoras, feminine plural possessoras)

  1. possessor; owner (one who possesses)

Synonyms
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