possessioner

possessioner

English

Etymology

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 page number)”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, OCLC 801077108; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, OCLC 318419127:

     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.

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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)

Anagrams

• isoresponses, repossession