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possessor
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English
Alternative forms
- possesser
- possessour (obsolete)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [pʰəˈzɛsə(ɹ)]
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
possessor (plural possessors)
- 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
One who possesses
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Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔsˈsɛs.sɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [posˈsɛs.sor]
Noun
possessor m (genitive possessōris, feminine possestrīx); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
- Catalan: possessor
- English: possessor
- French: possesseur
- Galician: posesor
- Italian: possessore
- Occitan: possessor
- Portuguese: possessor
- Spanish: posesor
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
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Greater Poland):
- (Northern Greater Poland) IPA(key): /pɔsˈsɛs.sɔr/
- (Eastern Greater Poland) IPA(key): /pɔsˈsɛs.sɔr/
Noun
possessor m pers
- (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
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pos‧ses‧sor
Noun
possessor m (plural possessores, feminine possessora, feminine plural possessoras)
Related terms
Further reading
- “possessor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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