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possessor

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From possess + -or.

Pronunciation

Noun

possessor (plural possessors)

  1. Agent noun of possess; one who possesses
    Antonym: (linguistics) possessum
    • 1998, Dan M. Kahan, Tracey L. Meares, “Law and (Norms of) Order in the Inner City)”, in Law and Society, number 32, page 825:
      When students fear that their peers will report them, they are less likely to display their guns; when students are reluctant to display them, guns become less valuable for conveying information about attitudes and intentions. In addition, the perception that onlookers are willing to sell out possessors counteracts the inference that possessors enjoy high status among their peers.

Translations

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Latin

Etymology

From possessus + -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. possessor, owner
  2. occupier

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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.
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Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

possessor m pers

  1. (Northern Greater Poland, Eastern Greater Poland) synonym of dzierżawca

Further reading

  • Oskar Kolberg (1877), “possessor”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 35
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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin possessor.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: pos‧ses‧sor

Noun

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

  1. possessor; owner (one who possesses)
    Synonyms: possuidor, dono

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