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distreinor

distreinor is the alternative form of distrainor.

Meaning of distrainor

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

Forms of distreinor

pluraldistreinors

Questions about distreinor

What is distreinor the alternative form of?
Distreinor is the alternative form of distrainor.

Words near distreinor in the dictionary

  1. distraughtness
  2. distream
  3. distreamed
  4. distreaming
  5. distreams
  6. distreinor
  7. distress
  8. distress call
  9. distress merchandise
  10. distress purchase
  11. distress purchases

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