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dispossessor

dispossessor noun: one who dispossesses.

Noun

dispossessor (plural dispossessors)

  1. One who dispossesses.
    • the Heirs (blessed be God) are yet surviving, and likely to outlive all Heirs of their dispossessors1661, Abraham Cowley, A Discourse by Way of Vision Concerning the Government of Oliver Cromwell
    • Europeans take possession of Native Aerican lands, to be sure, but at the same time, Native Americans take supernatural possession of their dispossessors.2000, Renée L. Bergland, The National Uncanny: Indian Ghosts and American Subjects, →ISBN, page 3

Forms of dispossessor

pluraldispossessors

Origin of dispossessor

From dispossess + -or.

Questions about dispossessor

What does dispossessor mean?
Dispossessor means one who dispossesses.
What part of speech is dispossessor?
Dispossessor is a noun.
What is the plural of dispossessor?
The plural of dispossessor is dispossessors.

Words near dispossessor in the dictionary

  1. dispossessing
  2. dispossession
  3. dispossessions
  4. dispossessive
  5. dispossessively
  6. dispossessor
  7. dispossessors
  8. dispossessory
  9. dispossest
  10. dispost
  11. disposted

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