possessioner

English

Etymology

From possession +‎ -er.

Noun

possessioner (plural possessioners)

1. (obsolete) A possessor; a holder of property.
   • 1568-1569, Richard Grafton, Chronicle at Large

     possessioners of riches.

   • a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:

     having been of old freemen and possessioners

2. (obsolete, derogatory) A member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., as contrasted with mendicant friars.

References

• “possessioner”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• isoresponses, repossession