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distrainor

distrainor noun: someone who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.

Noun

distrainor (plural distrainors)

  1. (obsolete) Someone who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.
    • the distrainor happens to come again into possession of his own property in goods which before he had lost1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Synonyms of distrainor

Forms of distrainor

pluraldistrainors

Origin of distrainor

From distrain + -or.

Questions about distrainor

What does distrainor mean?
Distrainor means someone who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.
What part of speech is distrainor?
Distrainor is a noun.
What is the plural of distrainor?
The plural of distrainor is distrainors.

Words near distrainor in the dictionary

  1. distraineth
  2. distraining
  3. distrainings
  4. distrainment
  5. distrainments
  6. distrainor
  7. distrainors
  8. distrains
  9. distraint
  10. distraints
  11. distrait

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